BigQuery Explorer

Fork of minodisk/bigquery-runner with these changes:

• Added Scheduled Queries feature to view and track history of scheduled queries
• Added search functionality to the resource window
• Renamed from BigQuery Runner to BigQuery Explorer (To publish to the marketplace)

I started this project because my daily workflow involves scheduled queries a lot and most BigQuery extensions did not cover the features I needed. There are a lot of LLM-written code in this repository. I hope that does not turn around and bite me. Let me know if you find any bugs or have any suggestions.

For all other features, see the original minodisk/bigquery-runner repository.

Authentication

This extension requires authentication to the Google Cloud API. You can get started by authenticating in one of the following two ways.

Gcloud Credential (Recommended)

1. Install the gcloud CLI.
2. Run gcloud auth application-default login in your terminal.
3. Set bigqueryExplorer.projectId in setting.json.

• Don't set bigqueryExplorer.keyFilename in setting.json.
• Don't set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS as an environment variable.

Service Account Key

1. Create a service account and its key.
   • Give the service account the necessary roles. Such as roles/bigquery.user for example.
2. Tell the key path to this extension in one of the following two ways:
   • Set the path to the key bigqueryExplorer.keyFilename in settings.json.
   • Set the path to the key as the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS.

Usage

1. Open a query file with .bqsql extension.
2. Open the command palette.
3. Run BigQuery Explorer: Run.

Query parameters

If query has one or more named parameters, the extension will ask you for the values of that parameter. The values must be given in JSON format, e.g. quotation marks should be used for simple values such as "20231224". See below for more complex examples.

Once set, the parameters are saved for future use and should be reset if necessary using the bigqueryExplorer.clearParams command.

Commands

BigQuery Explorer: Login

ID
bigqueryExplorer.login

Login with gcloud auth application-default login.

BigQuery Explorer: Logout

ID
bigqueryExplorer.logout

Logout with gcloud auth application-default revoke.

BigQuery Explorer: Run

ID
bigqueryExplorer.run

Run the query in BigQuery and display the results. If text is selected, it will run the selected text as a query. If no text is selected, the entire file will be executed as a query.

BigQuery Explorer: Dry Run

ID
bigqueryExplorer.dryRun

Dry-run the query in BigQuery and display the result. If there is an error in the query, the wrong token of the query will be marked.

BigQuery Explorer: Previous Page

ID
bigqueryExplorer.prevPage

Fetch and display the results of the previous page.

BigQuery Explorer: Next Page

ID
bigqueryExplorer.nextPage

Fetch and display the results of the next page.

BigQuery Explorer: Focus on Left Tab

ID
bigqueryExplorer.focusOnLeftTab

Focus on the left tab in the viewer.

BigQuery Explorer: Focus on Right Tab

ID
bigqueryExplorer.focusOnRightTab

Focus on the right tab in the viewer.

BigQuery Explorer: Focus on Rows Tab

ID
bigqueryExplorer.focusOnRowsTab

Focus on the rows tab in the viewer.

BigQuery Explorer: Focus on Table Tab

ID
bigqueryExplorer.focusOnTableTab

Focus on the table tab in the viewer.

BigQuery Explorer: Focus on Schema Tab

ID
bigqueryExplorer.focusOnSchemaTab

Focus on the schema tab in the viewer.

BigQuery Explorer: Focus on Routine Tab

ID
bigqueryExplorer.focusOnRoutineTab

Focus on the routine tab in the viewer.

BigQuery Explorer: Focus on Job Tab

ID
bigqueryExplorer.focusOnJobTab

Focus on the job tab in the viewer.

BigQuery Explorer: Download as JSON Lines

ID
bigqueryExplorer.downloadAsJSONL

Run the query in BigQuery and save the results to a file in JSON Lines format

BigQuery Explorer: Download as JSON

ID
bigqueryExplorer.downloadAsJSON

Run the query in BigQuery and save the results to a file in JSON format

BigQuery Explorer: Download as CSV

ID
bigqueryExplorer.downloadAsCSV

Run the query in BigQuery and save the results to a file in CSV format

BigQuery Explorer: Download as Markdown

ID
bigqueryExplorer.downloadAsMarkdown

Run the query in BigQuery and save the results to a file in Markdown format

BigQuery Explorer: Download as Plain Text

ID
bigqueryExplorer.downloadAsText

Run the query in BigQuery and save the results to a file in plain text

BigQuery Explorer: Refresh Resources

ID
bigqueryExplorer.refreshResources

Refresh the BigQuery Explorer's Resources

BigQuery Explorer: Search Resources

ID
bigqueryExplorer.searchResources

Search BigQuery resources including tables and columns

BigQuery Explorer: Copy Table ID

ID
bigqueryExplorer.copyTableId

Copy the selected table ID to the clipboard

BigQuery Explorer: Preview Table in VS Code

ID
bigqueryExplorer.previewTableInVSCode

Preview the selected table in VS Code

BigQuery Explorer: Preview Table on Remote

ID
bigqueryExplorer.previewTableOnRemote

Preview the selected table in Google Cloud Console

BigQuery Explorer: Copy Field Name

ID
bigqueryExplorer.copyFieldName

Copy the selected field name to the clipboard

BigQuery Explorer: Clear Parameters

ID
bigqueryExplorer.clearParams

Clear the stored parameters for active text editor.

BigQuery Explorer: Clear All Parameters

ID
bigqueryExplorer.clearAllParams

Clear all stored parameters.

BigQuery Explorer: Refresh Scheduled Queries

ID
bigqueryExplorer.refreshScheduledQueries

Refresh the BigQuery Explorer's Scheduled Queries view

BigQuery Explorer: Open Scheduled Query SQL

ID
bigqueryExplorer.openScheduledSQL

Open the SQL of a scheduled query in a new editor

BigQuery Explorer: View Run History

ID
bigqueryExplorer.viewScheduledQueryHistory

View the run history of a scheduled query with performance details

Configuration

The extension can be customized by modifying your settings.json file. The available configuration options, and their defaults, are below.

bigqueryExplorer.keyFilename

Type	Default
string | null	null

The path to the JSON file for the service account. If a relative path is specified, it is taken as a path relative to the root folder opened in VSCode. If not specified, the path specified by GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS will be used.

bigqueryExplorer.projectId

Type	Default
string | null	null

Project ID for Google Cloud Platform. If not specified, the value of project_id in the JSON file of the service account will be used.

bigqueryExplorer.location

Type	Default
string | null	null

The geographic location of all datasets and jobs referenced and created through this extension. See details at https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/locations#specifying_your_location.

bigqueryExplorer.useLegacySql

Type	Default
boolean	false

Flag whether to use legacy SQL. If false, use standard SQL.

bigqueryExplorer.maximumBytesBilled

Type	Default
string | null	null

Limits the bytes billed for this query. Queries with bytes billed above this limit will fail (without incurring a charge). Can be set in units, for example 200GB. If unspecified, the project default is used.

bigqueryExplorer.extensions

Type	Default
array	[".bqsql",".bqddl",".bqdml"]

List of file extensions for which the query is to be validated when the file is modified.

bigqueryExplorer.languageIds

Type	Default
array	["bigquery","sql-bigquery"]

List of language identifiers of the files whose queries are to be validated when the files are modified.

bigqueryExplorer.icon

Type	Default
boolean	true

Display GUI button to run on the editor title menu bar.

bigqueryExplorer.defaultDataset.datasetId

Type	Default
string | null	null

Specifies the default datasetId to assume for any unqualified table names in the query. If not set, all table names in the query string must be qualified in the format 'datasetId.tableId'.

bigqueryExplorer.defaultDataset.projectId

Type	Default
string | null	null

Specifies the default projectId to assume for any unqualified table names in the query. If defaultDataset.datasetId is not set, setting this value has no effect.

bigqueryExplorer.downloader.csv.delimiter

Type	Default
string	","

The delimiter for CSV. For example, if set to \t, the output will be formatted as TSV.

bigqueryExplorer.downloader.csv.header

Type	Default
boolean	false

The flag whether to add column names to CSV.

bigqueryExplorer.downloader.rowsPerPage

Type	Default
number | null	10000

Maximum number of rows to retrieve per page for downloading. If a number is specified, attempts to fetch that number of rows; if null is specified, attempts to fetch all results. If the amount of data per row is large, the specified number of rows will not always be fetched.

bigqueryExplorer.tree.projectIds

Type	Default
array	[]

Array of projects for the datasets to be displayed in the tree view. If empty, only datasets in a project that have been authenticated will be displayed in the tree view.

bigqueryExplorer.cache.ttlMinutes

Type	Default
number	10

Cache time-to-live in minutes for BigQuery metadata (datasets, tables, fields). Higher values improve performance but may show stale data. Restart extension after changing.

bigqueryExplorer.viewer.column

Type	Default
string | number	"+1"

A string such as '+N', '-N' can be set to specify a position relative to the column where the query file is opened. Then, if you set a number greater than 1, the viewer will appear in the specified number of columns from the left. A number of -1 means the viewer will appear in the same column as the query file, and a number of -2 means the viewer will appear in the column farthest to the right.

bigqueryExplorer.previewer.rowsPerPage

Type	Default
number | null	100

Maximum number of rows to retrieve per page for preview. If a number is specified, attempts to fetch that number of rows; if null is specified, attempts to fetch all results. If the amount of data per row is large, the specified number of rows will not always be fetched.

bigqueryExplorer.statusBarItem.align

Type	Default	Enum
string | null	null	"left" | "right" | null

The alignment of the status bar item.

bigqueryExplorer.statusBarItem.priority

Type	Default
number | null	null

The priority of status bar item. Higher value means the item should be shown more to the left.

bigqueryExplorer.validation.enabled

Type	Default
boolean	true

Validate the query whenever the file set in languageIds or extensions is modified.

bigqueryExplorer.validation.debounceInterval

Type	Default
number	600

Debounce interval in milliseconds to validate the query when the file is modified.

bigqueryExplorer.viewer.rowsPerPage

Type	Default
number | null	100

Maximum number of rows to retrieve per page for display in the viewer. If a number is specified, attempts to fetch that number of rows; if null is specified, attempts to fetch all results. If the amount of data per row is large, the specified number of rows will not always be fetched. You can use the bigqueryExplorer.prevPage or bigqueryExplorer.nextPage command to perform paging.

Additional Settings

Keyboard shortcuts

keybindings.json:

[
  {
    "key": "cmd+enter",
    "command": "bigqueryExplorer.run",
    "when": "resourceLangId in bigqueryExplorer.languageIds || resourceExtname in bigqueryExplorer.extensions"
  },
  {
    "key": "space h",
    "command": "bigqueryExplorer.prevPage",
    "when": "resourceLangId in bigqueryExplorer.languageIds || resourceExtname in bigqueryExplorer.extensions && vim.mode == 'Normal' || vim.mode == 'Visual' || vim.mode == 'VisualBlock' || vim.mode == 'VisualLine'"
  },
  {
    "key": "space l",
    "command": "bigqueryExplorer.nextPage",
    "when": "resourceLangId in bigqueryExplorer.languageIds || resourceExtname in bigqueryExplorer.extensions && vim.mode == 'Normal' || vim.mode == 'Visual' || vim.mode == 'VisualBlock' || vim.mode == 'VisualLine'"
  }
]

Syntax highlighting .bqsql files as SQL

settings.json:

{
  "files.associations": {
    "*.bqsql": "sql"
  }
}

License

Apache 2.0. This extension is forked from google/vscode-bigquery via minodisk/bigquery-runner.