Complete this step-by-step setup guide to make sure your Google BigQuery data warehouse is ready to be connected to SegmentStream.

Before you begin

You should have an existing Google account.

1. Create a Google Cloud Platform account

BigQuery is a part of Google Cloud Platform. To use BigQuery you need to have a Google Cloud Platform account.

  1. Navigate to the Google Cloud Platform page ▸

  2. Click Get started for free.

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  3. Log in to your Google Account.

  4. Fill in the registration form. Provide valid payment details - it’s important, as you need an account with an active payment method to use BigQuery with SegmentStream.

2. Set up a billing account

To use BigQuery with SegmentStream you need an active billing account so that you’ll be able to use Google Cloud Platform resources.

Free Tier Google Cloud accounts don’t support some BigQuery services which are required to use SegmentStream.

Upgrading a Free Tier account

Go to the main page of your Google Cloud Platform project and click ACTIVATE FULL ACCOUNT.

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More information on upgrading your account can be found here.

Checking billing account status

If you don’t have an ACTIVATE FULL ACCOUNT button on the main project page, check that you have an active billing account with a valid payment method:

  1. Go to the Google Cloud Platform Billing page ▸

  2. Check that you have at least one billing account with active status.

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