Google BigQuery Analytics by Jordan Tigani
How to effectively use BigQuery, avoid common mistakes, and execute sophisticated queries against large datasets Google BigQuery Analytics is the perfect guide for business and data analysts who want the latest tips on running complex queries and writing code to communicate with the BigQuery API. The book uses real-world examples to demonstrate current best practices and techniques, and also explains and demonstrates streaming ingestion, transformation via Hadoop in Google Compute engine, AppEngine datastore integration, and using GViz with Tableau to generate charts of query results. In addition to the mechanics of BigQuery, the book also covers the architecture of the underlying Dremel query engine, providing a thorough understanding that leads to better query results. Features a companion website that includes all code and data sets from the book Uses real-world examples to explain everything analysts need to know to effectively use BigQuery Includes web application examples coded in Python
If you re at all interested in Google BigQuery, this is an excellent bookThe descriptions and sample code are clear and easy to understand, and the fact the authors are so involved with the project means they include insights into why things were designed in that particular way. There are useful descriptions of the differences between BigQuery and other tools such as MapReduce, and overall you ll come out with a much clearer view of the big data scene right now, and how everything fits together. (I Programmer, August 2014)
The authors are founding members of the BigQuery team and have helped build and run the service. Jordan Tigani is an active participant in the BigQuery StackOverflow virtual community. Siddartha Naidu has extensive experience helping customers integrate with BigQuery.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781118824825 |
| ISBN 10 | 1118824822 |
| Title | Google BigQuery Analytics |
| Author | Jordan Tigani |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 2014-06-09 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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