This article provides users with a general guide to the features listed.
These features may have been updated or superseded by additions found in the release notes.
Read the content below to become familiar with the feature and review the release notes to get the latest iteration.
Overview
Storage lists all buckets for the current project along with their files.
Right clicking on a bucket or file shows a Contextual Menu offering actions for that object.
Cloud Storage contains concepts of Buckets and Objects.
- Buckets are containers that hold data. They are listed under their project. Bucket names are unique across Google Cloud Platform.
- Objects are pieces of data stored in Google Cloud Storage. The object can be a file such as text, comma separated value, zip file, image, etc. Object names can include slashes (/) to represent hierarchical structures. Goliath parses the object name and displays it as folders and files. For example, an object named /folder1/folder2/filename.txt will display under the bucket as a folder named folder 1 that contains a sub folder named folder2 that contains a file named filename.txt.
GCS Storage
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Access Google Cloud Storage
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Google Cloud Storage Context Menu When Storage navigator is active Buckets item is added and other items are greyed out. Buckets displays individual GCS buckets that can be accessed. Clicking on a bucket will load the individual bucket. Display bucket… opens a dialogue to add a bucket Buckets is the name of the bucket to access. Remember will add the bucket to the Buckets list. If Remember is left unchecked the bucket will load in the navigator but not added to the Buckets list. Remove bucket display… opens a dialogue window presenting a drop down list of saved buckets that can be selected for removal |
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Buckets, folders, subfolders, and files
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Buckets
Context Menu
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Bucket Context Menu is accessed by right-clicking on bucket name |
Item |
Action |
Refresh Bucket |
Refreshes the list of objects under the bucket |
Upload File![]() |
Uploads a local file to Google Cloud Storage. The file will be uploaded to the bucket that was clicked on.
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Files
Context Menu
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File Content Menu is accessed by right clicking on the file name |
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Action |
Download File |
Downloads the file locally. If the file size is small the contents will be opened in a new browser window |
Copy File![]() |
Copies a file from one Google Cloud Storage location to another.
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Delete File |
Deletes the selected file |
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Load data from cloud storage to GBQ destination
Continue by specifying the Google Big Query destination table configuration
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Create External Table
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Create a Google Big Query external table to the Google Cloud Storage file
Continue by specifying the Google Big Query external table configuration
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