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Google Cloud Storage connection

Google Cloud Storage connection

To access your data in Google Cloud Storage, create a connection asset for it.

Google Cloud Storage is an online file storage web service for storing and accessing data on Google Cloud Platform Infrastructure.

Create a connection to Google Cloud Storage

To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:

  • Project ID
  • Credentials: The contents of the Google service account key JSON file
  • Client ID and Client secret
  • Access token
  • Refresh token

Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform

In a project
Click Assets > New asset > Data access tools > Connection. See Adding a connection to a project.
In a catalog
Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
In a deployment space
Click Add to space > Connection. See Adding connections to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog
Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.

Next step: Add data assets from the connection

Where you can use this connection

You can use Google Cloud Storage connections in the following workspaces and tools:

Projects

  • Data Refinery (Watson Studio or IBM Knowledge Catalog)
  • DataStage (DataStage service). See Connecting to a data source in DataStage.
  • Decision Optimization (Watson Studio and Watson Machine Learning)
  • Metadata import (IBM Knowledge Catalog)
  • SPSS Modeler (Watson Studio)

Catalogs

  • Platform assets catalog

  • Other catalogs (IBM Knowledge Catalog)

Supported file types

The Google Cloud Storage connection supports these file types:  Avro, CSV, Delimited text, Excel, JSON, ORC, Parquet, SAS, SAV, SHP, and XML.

Learn more

Google Cloud Storage documentation

Parent topic: Supported connections

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