BigQuery Materialized Views and Streaming Data

TL;DR: BigQuery materialized views and streaming data can be used together for building cost-effective near real-time dashboards.

In the previous post, we explored the basics behind using BigQuery materialized views. In this post we’ll explore how you can leverage materialized views with streaming data.

Streaming Data into BigQuery

Batch loading into BigQuery is sufficient for many use cases but some require the need for near real-time ingest. For those speciality use cases…