---
id: "google-biglake"
type: "component"
kind: "data-catalog"
provider: "gcp"
category: "data"
docs: "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/biglake-intro"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-biglake"
---

# BigLake

BigQuery tables over Cloud Storage, S3 and Blob Storage with access delegation and fine-grained security.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [gcp](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=gcp) |
| Kind | [Data catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/data-catalog) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/biglake-intro](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/biglake-intro) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `accessDelegation` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `accessPolicyEnforcement` | boolean | — | no | — | **true** |
| `classification` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `lineage` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `metadataCaching` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `readOnly` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `scanSchedule` | enum | `manual`, `daily`, `weekly` | no | — | inherited |
| `sourceCount` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `tableFormat` | enum | `avro`, `csv`, `delta-lake`, `iceberg`, `json`, `orc`, `parquet` | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 23

- [AWS Application Discovery Service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-application-discovery-service.md) `aws-application-discovery-service` — aws
- [Amazon DataZone](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-datazone.md) `aws-datazone` — aws
- [AWS Glue Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-glue-data-catalog.md) `aws-glue-data-catalog` — aws
- [Azure API Center](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-api-center.md) `azure-api-center` — azure
- [Microsoft Purview](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-purview.md) `azure-purview` — azure
- [R2 Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-r2-data-catalog.md) `cloudflare-r2-data-catalog` — cloudflare
- [Alation](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alation.md) `alation` — default
- [Amundsen](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/amundsen.md) `amundsen` — default
- [Apache Atlas](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/atlas.md) `atlas` — default
- [Collibra](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/collibra.md) `collibra` — default
- [Generic data catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/data-catalog.md) `data-catalog` — default
- [DataHub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/datahub.md) `datahub` — default
- [OpenMetadata](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openmetadata.md) `openmetadata` — default
- [Apache Polaris](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/polaris.md) `polaris` — default
- [Unity Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/unity-catalog.md) `unity-catalog` — default
- [Agent Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-agent-registry.md) `google-agent-registry` — gcp
- [BigQuery sharing (Analytics Hub)](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-analytics-hub.md) `google-analytics-hub` — gcp
- [Cloud API Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-api-registry.md) `google-cloud-api-registry` — gcp
- [Cloud Asset Inventory](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-asset-inventory.md) `google-cloud-asset-inventory` — gcp
- [Dataplex Universal Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-dataplex.md) `google-dataplex` — gcp
- [Dataproc Metastore](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-dataproc-metastore.md) `google-dataproc-metastore` — gcp
- [IBM Data Product Hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-data-product-hub.md) `ibm-data-product-hub` — ibm
- [OCI Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-data-catalog.md) `oci-data-catalog` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "google-biglake", component: "google-biglake" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Google BigLake: BigQuery tables over Cloud Storage, S3 and Blob Storage with access delegation.
# "BigLake Overview": tables are read-only, enforce row-level and column-level security through the
# Storage API, and metadata caching is not enabled unless a staleness interval is set.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "google-biglake"
kind: "data-catalog"
provider: "gcp"
docs: "https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/biglake-intro"
defaults:
  managed: true
  accessPolicyEnforcement: true
properties:
  tableFormat:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["avro", "csv", "delta-lake", "iceberg", "json", "orc", "parquet"]
  metadataCaching:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  accessDelegation:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  readOnly:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-biglake