POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Table resource - The BigQuery table you want to update. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the [project] attribute: provide the argument [table] on the command line with a fully specified name; provide the argument [--project] on the command line; set the property [core/project]. This must be specified.

TABLE

ID of the table or fully qualified identifier for the table. This positional must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--dataset=DATASET

The id of the BigQuery dataset.

FLAGS

--description=DESCRIPTION

Description of the table.

--expiration=EXPIRATION

How long after creation should this table or view expire e.g. 1d, 2w etc.
See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats

--relax-columns=[FIELD_NAME,...]

A comma-separated list of field names in the current schema that should have their mode changed from REQUIRED to NULLABLE.
For more details on updating and managing BigQuery schemas see: cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/managing-table-schemas

Specify changes to the table schema. At most one of these may be specified:

--add-columns=FIELD_NAME=FIELD_TYPE

A comma-separated list of entries of the form FIELD_NAME[=FIELD_TYPE] specifying field names and types for the columns being added to the table. FIELD_TYPE defaults to string if not present. Possible FIELD_TYPES are string, integer, float, boolean, record, and timestamp.
For more details on BigQuery schemas see: cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/schemas

--add-columns-file=ADD_COLUMNS_FILE

The name of a JSON file containing a single object containing an array each element of which is an object with properties name, type, and, optionally a mode (one of: NULLABLE or REPEATED), specifying the columns to be added to the table. If mode is omitted the default is 'NULLABLE'.
For example: { 'schema': [ { 'name': 'field1', 'type': 'string', 'mode': 'REQUIRED' }, { 'name': 'field2', 'type': 'integer', 'mode': 'REPEATED' }, [ { 'name': 'fieldN', 'type': TYPE, ['mode': MODE] } ... ] ] }
For more details on BigQuery schemas see: cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/schemas

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

API REFERENCE

EXAMPLES

$ gcloud alpha bq tables update \
    /projects/myproject/datasets/my-dataset/tables/my-table \
    --description 'My New Table'

$ gcloud alpha bq tables update my-other-table \
    --dataset my-other-dataset \
  --relax-columns name,tags

NOTES