2 Easiest Ways to Pull Data from BigQuery to Google Sheets

Google Sheets is one of the most popular tools for analyzing, visualizing, and storing data.
However, over time, spreadsheets accumulate and become unmanageable. BigQuery in Google Sheets is a leading storage and analytics service that help to process big data. BigQuery in Google Sheets Connected Sheets integrates Spreadsheets and BigQuery so you can study big data via a spreadsheet interface.
This article teaches how to connect Google Sheets with BigQuery. First, learn to export data from BigQuery to a Google Sheet using two methods.

What is BigQuery

BigQuery in Google Sheets is a multi-cloud, serverless, scalable data warehouse. Additionally, Google has merged BigQuery into Sheets to form Connected Sheets, allowing you to hold a large volume of data. Furthermore, BigQuery includes flexible pricing, so you only pay for what you use. Plus, when working with big data, you can do it in the familiar Google Sheets environment without compromising your performance.

Why Connect BigQuery to Google Sheets?

Both BigQuery and Google Sheets are great tools that serve their respective purposes. With Connected Seats, you can get the best of both. BigQuery's user-friendly query interface and data warehousing. On the other hand, spreadsheet's familiar visualization and data analysis capabilities.

A Google Cloud Platform account is required to connect your Google Spreadsheet to BigQuery. After that, you can try BigQuery for free. You will be asked to enter your credit card details to verify that you are not a robot. However, do not opt-in to auto-renew and pay only for what you use. BigQuery customers can store up to 10 GB of data, analyze up to 1 TB of data per month, and access many data services the Google Cloud Platform provides.

How Do I Export BigQuery to Google Sheets?

In this section, you will learn two ways to get BigQuery data into Google Sheets: export from BigQuery and connect from Sheets.

Export Data from BigQuery to Google Sheets- Method 1

1. Quickly pull data From BigQuery to Google Sheets.
2. Go to BigQuery, and look for the table you want to export.
3. Click on "Export" from the toolbar and choose "Explore with Sheets."
4. And voila! You can now study your BigQuery table from Google Sheets.

Get BigQuery Data from Sheets- Method 2

This is a step-by-step process to connect to BigQuery from Google Sheets to take benefit of merged sheets.

1. Select Data the click on Data connectors > Connect to BigQuery
2. You will get a permission notification -click on "Get connected."
3. The next drop-down message will invite you to select a cloud project.
4. Next, select a data set in that project.
5. Once you have chosen your dataset, you can select a table, then click on "Connect."
6. You will see a successful connection message once the BigQuery Google Sheets connection is made.

That's it. Now you can comfortably examine your data from your Google Sheets, even though it's a big file since it is not loaded into Sheets.