BigQuery best practices and cost management

In this section, we will go over general best practices for using BigQuery. We will also touch on cost management and the different approaches to optimizing your spending on BigQuery. By the end of this section, you will have a good understanding of how to efficiently use BigQuery to control costs and optimize storage and queries.

Best practices

There are many best practices for using BigQuery. The following are a few best practices that are foundational for using this service efficiently. Take note and implement these approaches to get the most performance and benefit out of BigQuery:

• Use the right data type for your data: BigQuery supports many data types, each with its own storage cost. Keep in mind that a large string column takes up more space than an integer column. When designing your table schema, make sure to choose the right data type for your data.
• Query only the columns you need: Avoid using SELECT * as this...