How-toFor engineers

Get access to BigQuery

How to reach the BigQuery datasets, through BigQuery Studio or a read-only service account for external BI tools.

How to access the BigQuery datasets depends on where the data gets explored: in Google's tooling, or in the organization's own.

BigQuery Studio, for working in Google's tooling

Awell can invite an analyst to BigQuery Studio, where they discover, explore and analyze Awell datasets using BigQuery's own interfaces.

This requires a Google account for each person who needs access.

This suits analysts who work in BigQuery directly, and anyone exploring a dataset before deciding what to build on it.

Service accounts, for connecting an external BI tool

Use this to connect an external BI tool or data platform. The service account provides credentials for a secure, read-only connection between that tooling and the BigQuery datasets.

Read-only is deliberate: a BI tool can't alter care flow data.

Awell provisions access on request

Email support@awellhealth.com with the option needed and who needs access.

Next steps

Next: Data schema — read it before writing a first query.

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