4 ways to optimize your BigQuery tables for faster queries

BigQuery, a popular analytical database on Google Cloud Platform, is designed for heavy analytical queries on large datasets. It separates storage and compute components to allow independent scaling of both. To increase speed and performance, design patterns can be used for optimizing BigQuery storage. Understanding BigQuery storage costs involves recognizing that data is stored column-wise and charged based on whether it's active or inactive. Compute costs are determined by the amount of data scanned during query execution, with more data processed as you select more columns. To investigate performance issues, two visual tools are available: one showing how much data a query will process and another providing diagnostic information about query execution steps. Four ways to optimize storage include partitioning tables, clustering tables, pre-transforming data into materialized views, and denormalizing data.