Datasets

Datasets allow you to organize and control access to your tables. For more information, see Datasets.

For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.

Resource representations

{
  "kind": "bigquery#dataset",
  "etag": etag,
  "id": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "datasetReference": {
    "datasetId": string,
    "projectId": string
  },
  "friendlyName": string,
  "description": string,
  "defaultTableExpirationMs": long,
  "labels": {
    (key): string
  },
  "access": [
    {
      "role": string,
      "userByEmail": string,
      "groupByEmail": string,
      "domain": string,
      "specialGroup": string,
      "view": {
        "projectId": string,
        "datasetId": string,
        "tableId": string
      }
    }
  ],
  "creationTime": long,
  "lastModifiedTime": long,
  "location": string
}

Property name	Value	Description	Notes
`access[]`	`list`	[Optional] An array of objects that define dataset access for one or more entities. You can set this property when inserting or updating a dataset in order to control who is allowed to access the data. If unspecified at dataset creation time, BigQuery adds default dataset access for the following entities: access.specialGroup: `projectReaders`; access.role: `READER`; access.specialGroup: `projectWriters`; access.role: `WRITER`; access.specialGroup: `projectOwners`; access.role: `OWNER`; access.userByEmail: `[dataset creator email]`; access.role: `OWNER`; For more information about access control in BigQuery, see access control.
`access[].domain`	`string`	[Pick one] A domain to grant access to. Any users signed in with the domain specified will be granted the specified access. Example: "example.com".	writable
`access[].groupByEmail`	`string`	[Pick one] An email address of a Google Group to grant access to.	writable
`access[].role`	`string`	[Required] Describes the rights granted to the user specified by the other member of the access object. The following string values are supported: `READER`, `WRITER`, `OWNER`. For more information about access control in BigQuery, see access control.	writable
`access[].specialGroup`	`string`	[Pick one] A special group to grant access to. Possible values include: `projectOwners`: Owners of the enclosing project. `projectReaders`: Readers of the enclosing project. `projectWriters`: Writers of the enclosing project. `allAuthenticatedUsers`: All authenticated BigQuery users. For more information about access control in BigQuery, see access control.	writable
`access[].userByEmail`	`string`	[Pick one] An email address of a user to grant access to. For example: [email protected].	writable
`access[].view`	`nested object`	[Pick one] A view from a different dataset to grant access to. Queries executed against that view will have read access to tables in this dataset. The role field is not required when this field is set. If that view is updated by any user, access to the view needs to be granted again via an update operation.	writable
`access[].view.datasetId`	`string`	[Required] The ID of the dataset containing this table.
`access[].view.projectId`	`string`	[Required] The ID of the project containing this table.
`access[].view.tableId`	`string`	[Required] The ID of the table. The ID must contain only letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), or underscores (_). The maximum length is 1,024 characters.
`creationTime`	`long`	[Output-only] The time when this dataset was created, in milliseconds since the epoch.
`datasetReference`	`nested object`	[Required] A reference that identifies the dataset.
`datasetReference.datasetId`	`string`	[Required] A unique ID for this dataset, without the project name. The ID must contain only letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), or underscores (_). The maximum length is 1,024 characters.
`datasetReference.projectId`	`string`	[Optional] The ID of the project containing this dataset.
`defaultTableExpirationMs`	`long`	[Optional] The default lifetime of all tables in the dataset, in milliseconds. The minimum value is 3600000 milliseconds (one hour). Once this property is set, all newly-created tables in the dataset will have an expirationTime property set to the creation time plus the value in this property, and changing the value will only affect new tables, not existing ones. When the expirationTime for a given table is reached, that table will be deleted automatically. If a table's expirationTime is modified or removed before the table expires, or if you provide an explicit expirationTime when creating a table, that value takes precedence over the default expiration time indicated by this property.	writable
`description`	`string`	[Optional] A user-friendly description of the dataset.	writable
`etag`	`etag`	[Output-only] A hash of the resource.
`friendlyName`	`string`	[Optional] A descriptive name for the dataset.	writable
`id`	`string`	[Output-only] The fully-qualified unique name of the dataset in the format projectId:datasetId. The dataset name without the project name is given in the datasetId field. When creating a new dataset, leave this field blank, and instead specify the datasetId field.
`kind`	`string`	[Output-only] The resource type.
`labels`	`object`	[Experimental] The labels associated with this dataset. You can use these to organize and group your datasets. You can set this property when inserting or updating a dataset. See Labeling Datasets for more information.	writable
`labels.(key)`	`string`
`lastModifiedTime`	`long`	[Output-only] The date when this dataset or any of its tables was last modified, in milliseconds since the epoch.
`location`	`string`	[Experimental] The geographic location where the dataset should reside. Possible values include EU and US. The default value is US.
`selfLink`	`string`	[Output-only] A URL that can be used to access the resource again. You can use this URL in Get or Update requests to the resource.

Methods

The following methods are supported:

delete: Deletes the dataset specified by the datasetId value. Before you can delete a dataset, you must delete all its tables, either manually or by specifying deleteContents. Immediately after deletion, you can create another dataset with the same name.
get: Returns the dataset specified by datasetID.
insert: Creates a new empty dataset.
list: Lists all datasets in the specified project to which you have been granted the READER dataset role.
patch: Updates information in an existing dataset. The update method replaces the entire dataset resource, whereas the patch method only replaces fields that are provided in the submitted dataset resource. This method supports patch semantics.
update: Updates information in an existing dataset. The update method replaces the entire dataset resource, whereas the patch method only replaces fields that are provided in the submitted dataset resource.

Resource representations

Methods

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