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When to Use CRM Analytics Direct Data for Google BigQuery
To run analysis on your Google BigQuery data, you can use CRM Analytics Direct Data for Google BigQuery or Google BigQuery input connectors or a combination of the two.
Refer to these guidelines to determine whether Direct Data for Google BigQuery meets your business needs.
With Direct Data for Google BigQuery, you can:
- Save time on setup and eliminate the need for data syncs, dataflows, or recipes to keep queries based on BigQuery data up to date.
- Eliminate the need to load and prepare large volumes of BigQuery data into CRM Analytics and manage its dataflows.
- Free up data pipelines for the resources and processes that require them.
- Get real-time metrics in dashboards and lenses with queries based on BigQuery data.
- Meet data residency requirements on BigQuery data but still analyze it to make business decisions.
- Maintain on-demand access to less frequently used data, such as order details, without having to load it into CRM Analytics.
- Quickly create and test which data models to use with your BigQuery data before connecting it to CRM Analytics. You can even collaborate easily with other users during this process.

