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BigQuery Partitioning and Row-Level Security

In this lab, you will explore how schema design plays a critical role in optimizing BigQuery performance and controlling access to your data. You will measure query cost and performance on an unpartitioned table, then create partitioned and clustered tables to minimize data scanned. Finally, you will apply row-level security policies to ensure data access is restricted based on user attributes.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Mar 31, 2026
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Provision Test Data for Performance Benchmarking
    • Enable the Big Query service.
    • Create a dataset and tables.
    • Confirm data is loaded successfully.
  2. Challenge

    Optimize Query Performance with Partitioning and Clustering
    • Create a partitioned table.
    • Load data to the partitioned table.
    • Cluster the table.
    • Compare query performance.
  3. Challenge

    Control What Data Users Can See with Row-Level Security
    • Create row access policies.
    • Test multiple row access policies.
    • View the policies in the Big Query UI.
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