This job is a BigQuery SQL statement that returns a boolean ie: “true” or “false”. The step will only complete once the result of the statement evaluates to “true”. You would use this anytime you need the step to only complete when some condition is met. Effectively you are able to pause or delay pipelines …
While Cloud Storage Transfer does offer support for loading data on a schedule, there are some important limitations. Let’s take a look: rockstarETL does not share these limitations! Waiting an hour before being able to use your data may be a deal-breaker! By contrast, rockstarETL will detect your source files immediately: As soon as they are copied to …
Limitations with BigQuery and how rockstarETL overcomes them! BigQuery does come with basic support for parametized queries. However, there are some severe limitations: Fortunately, rockstarETL overcomes these! rockstarETL’s dynamic SQL job type allows you to dynamically generate your queries without this limitation! Any part of the query can be parametized!