Data Catalog Fundamentals

4 hours Introductory universal_currency_alt 3 Credits

Data Catalog is a fully managed and scalable metadata management service that empowers organizations to quickly discover, understand, and manage all of their data. In this quest you will start small by learning how to search and tag data assets and metadata with Data Catalog. After learning how to build your own tag templates that map to BigQuery table data, you will learn how to build MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLServer to Data Catalog Connectors.

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Introduction to SQL for BigQuery and Cloud SQL

In this lab you will learn fundamental SQL clauses and will get hands on practice running structured queries on BigQuery and Cloud SQL.

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Using BigQuery in the Google Cloud Console

This lab shows you how to query public tables and load sample data into BigQuery using the GCP Console. Watch the following short video Get Meaningful Insights with Google BigQuery.

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Data Catalog: Qwik Start

In this lab you will explore existing datasets with Data Catalog and mine the table and column metadata for insights.

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Exploring Dataset Metadata Between Projects with Data Catalog

In this lab, you will explore existing datasets with Data Catalog and mine the table and column metadata for insights.

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Build and Execute MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLServer to Data Catalog Connectors

In this lab you will explore existing datasets with Data Catalog and mine the table and column metadata for insights.

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Quest Info

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required, but comfort with BigQuery will be helpful. Students who have completed the BigQuery For Data Analysis Quest will obtain a good conceptual understanding of BigQuery before starting this Quest.

Available languages

English, português (Brasil), and español (Latinoamérica)

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