Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Project IDs are carved from a single global namespace. If I name my project
bigquery-samples
, no one else can ever use this name for their project.
There are some restrictions around project IDs; for example, you should
not name your project after another company's trademark. In addition,
after a project ID is assigned, it cannot be changed, so choose wisely. Both
the project ID and the project number can be used interchangeably with
BigQuery.
Figure 4.2
shows a screenshot of the Google Developer Console
showing the three project names.
Figure 4.2
Project names, numbers, and IDs in the Developer Console
Project Billing
One of the primary purposes of projects is to know who to bill for accesses
to Google APIs. Although BigQuery and a number of other Google APIs have
a limited amount of free usage, some operations require a credit card to
be entered and billing to be set up before they can be used. For example,
although BigQuery enables up to 1 TB of free queries per month, users
cannot use the streaming insert API unless they sign up for billing. Enabling
billing on a project can be done via the Developers Console's billing tab
and is generally as simple as entering valid credit card information. Large
