The Bigtable client library uses the same mechanism as all other C++ client libraries for configuration. As usual for the C++ client libraries, it adds a number of unique options only applicable for the Bigtable library.
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As usual for the C++ client libraries, it adds a number of unique options only applicable for the Bigtable library.\n\n###### See Also\n\n[Client Library Configuration](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/group__options.html) - for an overview of client library configuration.\n\n### Classes\n\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable_admin::BigtableInstanceAdminRetryPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable__admin_1_1BigtableInstanceAdminRetryPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable_admin::BigtableInstanceAdminBackoffPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable__admin_1_1BigtableInstanceAdminBackoffPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable_admin::BigtableInstanceAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable__admin_1_1BigtableInstanceAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable_admin::BigtableInstanceAdminPollingPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable__admin_1_1BigtableInstanceAdminPollingPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable_admin::BigtableTableAdminRetryPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable__admin_1_1BigtableTableAdminRetryPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable_admin::BigtableTableAdminBackoffPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable__admin_1_1BigtableTableAdminBackoffPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable_admin::BigtableTableAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable__admin_1_1BigtableTableAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable_admin::BigtableTableAdminPollingPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable__admin_1_1BigtableTableAdminPollingPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable::AppProfileIdOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1AppProfileIdOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable::ReverseScanOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ReverseScanOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable::MinConnectionRefreshOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1MinConnectionRefreshOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable::MaxConnectionRefreshOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1MaxConnectionRefreshOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable::DataRetryPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1DataRetryPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable::DataBackoffPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1DataBackoffPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::bigtable::IdempotentMutationPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1IdempotentMutationPolicyOption)\n\n### Types\n\n- [`BigtableInstanceAdminPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`BigtableTableAdminPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)"]]
