bqshift

bqshift

Automate copy of Redshift data to BigQuery.

Building

$ go get github.com/uswitch/bqshift
$ go install github.com/uswitch/bqshift

Running

$ export GCLOUD_PROJECT=project-id
$ export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=/path/to/creds.json
$ bqshift --config=config.example.yml <DEST DATASET> <REDSHIFT TABLE>

Time Partitioned Tables

BigQuery supports Partitioned Tables.

By dividing a large table into smaller partitions, you can improve query performance and reduce the number of bytes billed by restricting the amount of data scanned. BigQuery enables you to partition tables by date.

bqshift can load partitioned data as long as the source data has date information stored, the destination table in BigQuery must also have been declared as time partitioned when it was created. bqshift can automatically create the correct table if it hasn't already been created.

For example, to create a partitioned table from a table that has a TIMESTAMP column called ts, and to load data into the 2016-09-27 partition you can use the following command:

$ bqshift --partition --date-expression="CAST(ts as DATE)" --date=2016-09-27 --config=config.example.yml <DEST DATASET> <REDSHIFT TABLE>

Overwriting Partitioned Data

It's possible to replace/update an existing partition by adding the --overwrite flag.

$ bqshift --overwrite --partition --date-expression="CAST(ts as DATE)" --date=2016-09-27 --config=config.example.yml <DEST DATASET> <REDSHIFT TABLE>

Note that you can only update data that was already part of a partition. For example, if you were to create a partitioned table and load a bulk set of historical/archived data when you use --overwrite and --date you'll overwrite all data in the table. Instead I would suggest having a separate _archive table from the partitioned tables.

Notes

As part of the unloading process bqshift generates SQL for Redshift; this is not protected against SQL injection attacks so beware of using this tool with user-generated input.

Releasing

We use https://github.com/progrium/gh-release to tag and release artifacts. Install with:

$ go get github.com/progrium/gh-release

Then to release use:

$ VERSION=<...> make gh-release

License

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