Metabase BigQuery Alt Driver (Community-Supported)

Alternative Big Query Driver for Metabase (forked from original driver), capable of using multiple datasets.

Obtaining the BigQuery Driver

Where to find it

Click here to view the latest release of the Metabase BigQuery driver; click the link to download bigquery-alt.metabase-driver.jar.

You can find past releases of the BigQuery driver here.

How to Install it

Metabase will automatically make the BigQuery driver if it finds the driver JAR in the Metabase plugins directory when it starts up. All you need to do is create the directory (if it's not already there), move the JAR you just downloaded into it, and restart Metabase.

By default, the plugins directory is called plugins, and lives in the same directory as the Metabase JAR.

For example, if you're running Metabase from a directory called /app/, you should move the BigQuery driver JAR to /app/plugins/:

# example directory structure for running Metabase with Vertica support
/app/metabase.jar
/app/plugins/bigquery-alt.metabase-driver.jar

If you're running Metabase from the Mac App, the plugins directory defaults to ~/Library/Application Support/Metabase/Plugins/:

# example directory structure for running Metabase Mac App with Vertica support
/Users/camsaul/Library/Application Support/Metabase/Plugins/bigquery-alt.metabase-driver.jar

If you are running the Docker image or you want to use another directory for plugins, you should specify a custom plugins directory by setting the environment variable MB_PLUGINS_DIR.

Building the BigQuery Driver Yourself

Prereqs: Install Metabase locally, compiled for building drivers

cd /path/to/metabase/source
lein install-for-building-drivers

Build it

cd /path/to/bigquery-alt-driver
lein clean
DEBUG=1 LEIN_SNAPSHOTS_IN_RELEASE=true lein uberjar

This will build a file called target/uberjar/bigquery-alt.metabase-driver.jar; copy this to your Metabase ./plugins directory.

This README was lifted from CrateDB Driver https://github.com/metabase/crate-driver