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Navigating Resources

Explore BigQuery projects, datasets, and tables in the Schema Browser.

Schema Browser

Hierarchy

Project
└── Dataset
├── Table
├── View
├── Materialized View
└── Routine/Function

  • Expand: Click arrow next to resource
  • Open details: Click table/view name
  • Context menu: Hover and click Actions button (⋮)

Type in search box to filter resources:

  • Fuzzy matching: "usr" finds "users_table"
  • Case-insensitive
  • Matches across all projects/datasets

For large schemas (1000+ tables): search before expanding.


Context Menu

Project: Copy ID, refresh, view settings Dataset: Copy reference, generate DDL, view INFORMATION_SCHEMA Table: Show details, generate SQL, copy/clone/truncate, export

Table Hover Actions

Refresh

Click refresh icon to reload metadata after external changes.


Keyboard

KeyAction
Cmd/Ctrl+KOpen Command Palette to search
EscapeClear search