Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “BigQuery provides this information as part of the census_bureau_acs public dataset.”

A block of code is set as follows:

CREATE TABLE `datastudio-343704.data_viz.baseball_schedule`
AS
SELECT * FROM `bigquery-public-data.baseball.schedules

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “The SETUP tab is where you choose the appropriate data source and add different fields – dimensions and metrics that make up the chart.”

Tips or important notes

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