BigQuery

Using tags in BigQuery

In BigQuery we use Policy tags to add PACE tags to a data column. Policy tags are part of a Policy tag taxonomy, which you would first have to create. Here I've created a taxonomy named pace with a Policy tag named pii_email

You don't have to enforce the BigQuery Policy tags, for PACE we only use the Policy tag name. Once you have the Policy tags, you can add them to columns.

The taxonomy name is ignored by PACE but the pii_email Policy tag name becomes available as a PACE tag.

pace get data-policy --blueprint --processing-platform bigquery-dev\
  --database stream-machine-development --schema dynamic_views \
  pace_demo
metadata:
  create_time: "2023-11-09T13:57:40.336Z"
  title: stream-machine-development.dynamic_views.pace_demo
  update_time: "2023-11-09T14:03:03.613Z"
platform:
  id: bigquery-dev
  platform_type: BIGQUERY
...
source:
  fields:
  ...
  - name_parts:
    - email
    tags:
    - pii_email
    type: varchar
...
  ref: stream-machine-development.dynamic_views.pace_demo