Create Edge connection for BigQuery

After you configure BigQuery permissions for Data Access, create a connection from an Edge site to BigQuery. The Edge connection acts as a bridge between Data Access and your underlying data source.

Prerequisites

• You have configured data source permissions for Data Access.
• You have a global role with the Edge > Manage connections and capabilities global permission, for example, Edge integration engineer.
• You have an Edge site installed with a status of Healthy and a version that is at least 2026.03.21-18.
• If the Edge site is operating within a restricted Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), ensure that the VPC configuration allows outbound traffic to the Google API endpoints that Data Access requires.

Steps

1. Open the Edge site:
   1. On the main toolbar, click > Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
   2. In the Edge section, click Sites.
      
   3. Click the name of the Edge site.
2. Click Create Connection.
3. Select GCP connection.
   
4. Enter the required information, and then click Create.
   The Edge connection is created.

What's next

Add BigQuery to Data Access