BigQuery Data Transfer Service roles and permissions
This page lists the IAM roles and permissions for BigQuery Data Transfer Service. To
search through all roles and permissions, see the role and
permission index.
BigQuery Data Transfer Service roles
Role
Permissions
BigQuery Data Transfer Service Agent
(roles/bigquerydatatransfer.serviceAgent)
Gives BigQuery Data Transfer Service access to start BigQuery jobs in consumer project.
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