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
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Platform assets catalog
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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