> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.tonic.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.tonic.ai/app/setting-up-your-database/google-bigquery.md).

# Google BigQuery

Google BigQuery is a cloud-based enterprise data warehouse.

Tonic Structural can move data from one dataset to another within the same BigQuery project. Structural also can move data between different BigQuery projects.

Structural uses service accounts to access both the source and destination databases.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Structural differences and limitations</strong></td><td>Features that are unavailable or work differently in BigQuery workspaces.</td><td></td><td><a href="/app/setting-up-your-database/google-bigquery/biquery-tonic-differences.md">Structural differences and limitations with Google BigQuery</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Required BigQuery configuration</strong></td><td>Required configuration in BigQuery before you create a BigQuery workspace.</td><td></td><td><a href="/app/setting-up-your-database/google-bigquery/bigquery-before-create-workspace.md">Before you create a Google BigQuery workspace</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Configure workspace data connections</strong></td><td>Data connection settings for BigQuery workspaces.</td><td></td><td><a href="/app/setting-up-your-database/google-bigquery/bigquery-workspace-data-connections.md">Configuring Google BigQuery workspace data connections</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Resolve view schema changes</strong></td><td>If you de-identify views, then you might need to re-synchronize out-of-sync view schemas.</td><td></td><td><a href="/app/setting-up-your-database/google-bigquery/bigquery-views-resolve-schema-changes.md">Resolving schema changes for de-identified views</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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