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Datalink Connection For Non-Billing GCP BigQuery Data Ingestion

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As a TBMA, I my organization ingests GCP Billing data into TBM Studio for reporting.

We also have other GCP-related costs from vendors, such as Kafka and MongoDB, that are not included in the GCP BigQuery Billing table.

We need an automated TBM Studio data ingestion solution for this Non-billing GCP BigQuery data.


CDI is configured for our environment, and we use the Cloudability Datalink Connection for our GCP Billing data ingestion to TBM Studio.

We created new GCP BigQuery tables for that data in our GCP billing dataset directory (billing_data_set), with the intention of adding them as a Data Source in CDI for a new Cloudability Connection to upload the data in TBM Studio.

However, we discovered it is not possible to credentialize the new Data Source as it does not fit the criteria of the CDI Vendor Credentials script. We need an automated TBM Studio data ingestion solution for this Non-billing GCP BigQuery data. 
We would prefer it if this capability were added to the Cloudability Connections as it would help simplify the management of our TBM Studio data ingestion.


I will know that this enhancement request has been fulfilled when I can see my GCP, Non-billing table data in the cldy_monthly_gcp TBM Studio Table after the Cloudability Connection runs.

Idea priority Medium