Google BigQuery Feature Representation

Features read from BigQuery consist of a series of attribute values only – no geometry. The feature type of each feature is as defined on its DEF line but the only type used is googlebigquery_none.

In addition to the generic FME feature attributes that FME Workbench adds to all features (see About Feature Type Attributes), this format also adds format-specific attributes (Format Attributes).

Attribute Name

Contents

googlebigquery_type

The type of geometric entity stored within the feature. There is one valid value for the object model:

  • googlebigquery_none

Features read from BigQuery have an attribute for each column in the database table.

The feature attribute name will be the same as the source or destination column name. Nested and repeated data is automatically flattened, which can result in multiple features per BigQuery row.

No Coordinates

googlebigquery_type: googlebigquery_none

Features with no coordinates are tagged with this value when reading or writing to or from BigQuery. This is the only type of a BigQuery feature.