Google Cloud Storage (GCS)

Steps to complete:

Create a Service Account

To connect Datafold to your Google Cloud Storage bucket, you will need to create a service account for Datafold to use.

Navigate to the Google Cloud Console, click on the drop-down to the left of the search bar, and select the project you want to connect to.
- Note: If you do not see your project, you may need to switch accounts.
Click on the hamburger menu in the upper left, then select IAM & Admin followed by Service Accounts.
Create a service account named Datafold.

The Datafold service account requires the following roles and permissions:

Storage Object Admin for read and write access on all the datasets in the project.

Next, go back to the IAM & Admin page to generate a key for Datafold.

We recommend using the JSON formatted key. After creating the key, it will be saved on your local machine.

Field Name	Description
Connection name	A name given to the data connection within Datafold
Bucket Name	The name of the bucket you want to connect to.
Bucket region	The region of the bucket you want to connect to.
JSON Key File	The key file generated in the Generate a Service Account JSON key step
Directory for writing diff results	Optional. The directory in the bucket where diff results will be written. Service account should have write access to this directory.
Default maximum number of rows to include in diff results	Optional. The maximum number of rows that a file with materialized results will contain.

Click Create. Your data connection is ready!