You need to analyze your GCP billing data using complex SQL queries to understand cost trends across multiple projects and labels. What is the MOST efficient approach?

Answer options:

Download the billing invoice as a CSV and use a local spreadsheet application.

Use the Cost Table report in the Cloud Console.

Enable Cloud Billing export to BigQuery and run queries there.

Export billing data to Cloud Storage and use Cloud Functions to parse it.

How to approach this question

Match the requirement for 'complex SQL queries' with GCP's data warehouse service.

Full Answer

C.Enable Cloud Billing export to BigQuery and run queries there.✓ Correct

Cloud Billing export to BigQuery enables you to export detailed Google Cloud billing data (such as usage, cost estimates, and pricing data) automatically throughout the day to a BigQuery dataset. You can then use standard SQL to analyze the data.

Common mistakes

Choosing CSV download, which doesn't scale for complex, automated analysis.

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