2. Click **Add New Service**.
### Step 2: Select a Service and Connector
From the service type dropdown, select **Database Services**, then click the **BigTable** connector tile.
### Step 3: Add Service Name and Description
* Enter a unique, descriptive **Service Name**. OpenMetadata identifies services by their service name. Enter a name that distinguishes this deployment from other BigTable services you are ingesting metadata from.
* Optional: Enter a **Description** for the service.
* **GCP Credentials**:
You can authenticate with your BigTable instance using either `GCP Credentials Path` where you can specify the file path of the service account key or you can pass the values directly by choosing the `GCP Credentials Values` from the service account key file.
You can checkout [this](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/keys-create-delete#iam-service-account-keys-create-console) documentation on how to create the service account keys and download it.
* **GCP Credentials Values**: Passing the raw credential values provided by BigTable. This requires us to provide the following information, all provided by BigTable:
* **Credentials type**: Credentials Type is the type of the account, for a service account the value of this field is `service_account`. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `type` key in the service account key file.
* **Project ID**: A project ID is a unique string used to differentiate your project from all others in Google Cloud. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `project_id` key in the service account key file. You can also pass multiple project id to ingest metadata from different BigTable projects into one service.
* **Private Key ID**: This is a unique identifier for the private key associated with the service account. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `private_key_id` key in the service account file.
* **Private Key**: This is the private key associated with the service account that is used to authenticate and authorize access to BigTable. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `private_key` key in the service account file.
* **Client Email**: This is the email address associated with the service account. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `client_email` key in the service account key file.
* **Client ID**: This is a unique identifier for the service account. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `client_id` key in the service account key file.
* **Auth URI**: This is the URI for the authorization server. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `auth_uri` key in the service account key file. The default value to Auth URI is [https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth](https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth).
* **Token URI**: The Google Cloud Token URI is a specific endpoint used to obtain an OAuth 2.0 access token from the Google Cloud IAM service. This token allows you to authenticate and access various Google Cloud resources and APIs that require authorization. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `token_uri` key in the service account credentials file. The default token URI is `https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token`.
* **Authentication Provider X509 Certificate URL**: This is the URL of the certificate that verifies the authenticity of the authorization server. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `auth_provider_x509_cert_url` key in the service account key file. The Default value for Auth Provider X509Cert URL is [https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs](https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs)
* **Client X509Cert URL**: This is the URL of the certificate that verifies the authenticity of the service account. To fetch this key, look for the value associated with the `client_x509_cert_url` key in the service account key file.
* **GCP Credentials Path**: Passing a local file path that contains the credentials.
### Step 5: Configure Ingestion Options
In the **What to Ingest** step, use filter patterns to control which assets OpenMetadata ingests from your database service. Filter patterns use regular expressions applied to asset names.
#### How Filter Patterns Work
* **Include**: Add one or more comma-separated regular expressions. OpenMetadata ingests only assets whose names match at least one expression. Leave blank to include all assets.
* **Exclude**: Add one or more comma-separated regular expressions. OpenMetadata skips any asset whose name matches an expression. Leave blank to exclude nothing.
Rules match asset names using one of five expressions:
* **contains**: matches any name containing the value. For example, `sales` matches `my_sales_data` and `sales_2024`.
* **starts with**: matches names beginning with the value. For example, `prod_` matches `prod_db` and `prod_schema`.
* **ends with**: matches names ending with the value. For example, `_raw` matches `events_raw` and `logs_raw`.
* **is exactly**: matches the exact name only. For example, `analytics` matches only `analytics`.
* **matches regex**: matches names using a regular expression. For example, `^prod_.*_v\d+$` matches `prod_events_v1`.
When both Include and Exclude are set, Exclude takes priority.
2. Click the service you have added.
3. Select the **Agents** tab and click **Add Agent** > **Metadata**.
For some services, the dropdown is not available and clicking **Add Agent** takes you directly to the agent configuration page.
4. On the **Configure Ingestion** page, do the following and click **Next**.
* **Name this Ingestion**: Enter a unique recognizable name for this ingestion pipeline.
* **Agent Setup**: Configure core parameters for metadata extraction. The following fields are available:
| Field | Default | Description |
| ------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Default Owner | — | Owner applied to all entities when no specific level owner is configured. Accepts a user or team name/email. |
| Service Owner | — | Owner assigned to the service entity. |
| Database Owner | — | Owner assigned to all ingested databases. Accepts a single owner or a per-database name mapping. |
| Database Schema Owner | — | Owner assigned to all ingested schemas. Accepts a single owner or a per-schema name mapping. |
| Table Owner | — | Owner assigned to all ingested tables. Accepts a single owner or a per-table name mapping. |
| Enable Inheritance | On | When on, child entities inherit the owner from their parent when they have no owner configured. |
| Query Log Duration | 1 | Number of days to look back in query logs when processing stored procedure results. |
| Query Parsing Timeout Limit | 300 | Timeout in seconds for parsing a single query. |
| Number of Threads | 1 | Number of threads to use for parallel table ingestion. |
| Incremental Extraction | Off | When enabled, subsequent runs only extract entities changed since the last successful run. |
| Successful Pipeline Run Lookback Days | 7 | Number of days to search back for a prior successful run to use as a baseline for incremental extraction. |
| Safety Margin Days | 1 | Additional days added to the baseline timestamp as a buffer for incremental extraction. |
| JSON Schema Sample Size | 10 | Number of rows sampled to infer JSON column schema. Only applies when Extract JSON Schema is enabled in Advanced Config. |
* **Filter Patterns**: Apply include or exclude rules to scope which databases, schemas, tables, and stored procedures this agent ingests. For more information about various filter options, see **Step 6: Configure Ingestion Options**.
* **Scope & Behaviour**: Control how the agent handles metadata during ingestion. Toggle each option on or off based on your needs:
| Toggle | Default | Description |
| ------------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Include Tables | On | Ingest table metadata from the source. Turn off to skip tables entirely. |
| Include Tags | On | Ingest tags from the source. |
| Include Stored Procedures | On | Ingest stored procedure metadata. |
| Include DDL Statements | Off | Ingest DDL statements alongside table metadata. |
| Include Owners | Off | Assign owners to ingested entities when the source owner's email matches a user in OpenMetadata. Does not overwrite an existing owner. |
| Include Custom Properties | Off | Ingest connector-specific custom properties onto entities. |
| Mark Deleted Tables | On | Soft-delete tables in OpenMetadata when they are removed from the source. Applies only within the currently ingested schema. |
| Mark Deleted Stored Procedures | On | Soft-delete stored procedures in OpenMetadata when they are removed from the source. |
| Mark Deleted Schemas | Off | Soft-delete schemas and all their child assets when removed from the source. |
| Mark Deleted Databases | Off | Soft-delete databases and all their child assets when removed from the source. |
| Override Metadata | Off | When on, source values overwrite existing descriptions, tags, owners, and display names in OpenMetadata. When off, OpenMetadata only updates fields that have no existing value. |
| Enable Debug Log | Off | Sets the ingestion log level to DEBUG. Useful for troubleshooting. |
* **Advanced Config**: Optional connector-specific settings such as Include Views and Extract JSON Schema.
5. On the **Schedule Interval** page, set when the agent runs:
* **Schedule**: Choose a preset interval (Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly) or enter a custom cron expression.
* **On-Demand**: No automatic schedule; trigger the agent manually when needed.
6. Click **Add** to deploy the agent.
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