Tableau customers have been storing and scaling their data with Google BigQuery for years, but the unique architecture that makes it so powerful also occasionally made it challenging. Now, with the release of BigQuery for Enterprise with Standard SQL support and a host of other practical features, Tableau customers will be able to get their insights faster, more fluidly, and at even lower costs than before.

The most common requests we heard from customers who were using BigQuery were for standard SQL support (as opposed to the native BQL) and ways to more easily manage the metering and usage of Google BigQuery. The Tableau and Google development teams worked together to develop a host of features that help to address both of those concerns.

Standard SQL support

Support for Standard SQL in BigQuery: It's just as good as it sounds. Now, BigQuery supports your standard, SQL 2011 compliant queries.

It's just as good as it sounds. Now, BigQuery supports your standard, SQL 2011 compliant queries. Use Custom SQL in Tableau: With support for Standard SQL in BigQuery, you can now also use the custom SQL capability in Tableau when connecting to data, as you can see at the bottom of the image below

Billing, metering, and usage control