How to Use a Microsoft Access Database to Update BigQuery Data in Real Time

Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism

Update BigQuery data by creating a linked table in Microsoft Access with the CData BigQuery ODBC Driver.

CData ODBC drivers connect your data to any database management tool that supports Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). This includes many of the most popular productivity tools, adding new capabilities for document sharing and collaboration. Using the CData ODBC driver for BigQuery, you can update live BigQuery data in Microsoft Access; for example, you can make updates that can be immediately seen by other users.

About BigQuery Data Integration

CData simplifies access and integration of live Google BigQuery data. Our customers leverage CData connectivity to:

Simplify access to BigQuery with broad out-of-the-box support for authentication schemes, including OAuth, OAuth JWT, and GCP Instance.
Enhance data workflows with Bi-directional data access between BigQuery and other applications.
Perform key BigQuery actions like starting, retrieving, and canceling jobs; deleting tables; or insert job loads through SQL stored procedures.

Most CData customers are using Google BigQuery as their data warehouse and so use CData solutions to migrate business data from separate sources into BigQuery for comprehensive analytics. Other customers use our connectivity to analyze and report on their Google BigQuery data, with many customers using both solutions.

For more details on how CData enhances your Google BigQuery experience, check out our blog post: https://www.cdata.com/blog/what-is-bigquery

Getting Started

Connect to BigQuery as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

Google uses the OAuth authentication standard. To access Google APIs on behalf of individual users, you can use the embedded credentials or you can register your own OAuth app.

OAuth also enables you to use a service account to connect on behalf of users in a Google Apps domain. To authenticate with a service account, register an application to obtain the OAuth JWT values.

In addition to the OAuth values, specify the DatasetId and ProjectId. See the "Getting Started" chapter of the help documentation for a guide to using OAuth.

Create a Linked Table to Orders Data

Follow the steps below to create a linked table, which enables you to access live Orders data.

On the External Data tab in Access, click ODBC Database. 👁 Use the Get External Data wizard to work with ODBC data sources in Access.
Select the option to link to the data source. A linked table will enable you to read from and write data to the Orders table. 👁 Linked Tables enable you use the live connection to BigQuery that is provided by the driver.
Select the CData BigQuery data source from the Machine Data Source tab.
👁 DSNs listed in the Get External Data wizard.
Select the Orders table. For more information on this table, see the "Data Model" chapter in the help documentation. 👁 Available tables. (Google is shown.)
Double-click the linked table to make edits. The linked table will always have up-to-date data and any changes will be reflected back to the underlying table.
👁 A linked table to the live data. (Google is shown.)

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Google BigQuery ODBC Driver

The Google BigQuery ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live Google BigQuery data, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Google BigQuery like you would a database - read, write, and update Datasets, Tables, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

URL: https://www.cdata.com/kb/tech/bigquery-odbc-access-linked-tables.rst