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Google BigQuery target properties

When you define a

database ingestion

task that has a Google BigQuery target, you must enter some target properties on the

Target

tab of the task wizard.

The following table describes the Google BigQuery target properties that appear under

Target

Property	Description
Target Creation	The only available option is Create Target Tables , which generates the target tables based on the source tables. After the target table is created, Mass Ingestion Databases intelligently handles the target tables on subsequent job runs. Mass Ingestion Databases might truncate or re-create the target tables depending on the specific circumstances.
Schema	Select the target schema in which Mass Ingestion Databases creates the target tables.
Bucket	Specifies the name of an existing bucket container that stores, organizes, and controls access to the data objects that you load to Google Cloud Storage.
Directory	Specifies the virtual directory for the Google Cloud Storage target objects that contain the data.