Program Google Apps Script to throw error when BigQuery "Resources exceeded during query execution"

Question

I am using scripts to run views and use the query results to update tables in BigQuery. I then use these tables in Data Studio for tables/visualizations.

An issue I've noticed is that sometimes my views will suddenly throw an error "Resources exceeded during query execution". My Google Apps script will run successfully, however, but the table will remain unchanged because the view couldn't be executed. As a result, the data in my Data Studio visualizations and tables will be stale. And I will have no way to know this unless I go to edit the view and see that it is throwing the error.

Is there any way to add something to my script so that the script will fail or notify me when Bigquery throws the "Resources exceeded during query execution" error? This way I won't unknowingly have stale data due to the error.

  var configuration = {
    "query": {
    "useQueryCache": false,
    "destinationTable": {
          "projectId": "abc-123",
          "datasetId": "report_tables",
          "tableId": "dashboard_1"
        },
    "writeDisposition": "WRITE_TRUNCATE",
    "createDisposition": "CREATE_IF_NEEDED",
    "allowLargeResults": true,
    "useLegacySql": false,
    "query": "SELECT * FROM `abc-123.report_tables.dashboard_1_view`"
    }
  };

  var job = {
    "configuration": configuration
  };

  var jobResult = BigQuery.Jobs.insert(job, "abc-123");
  Logger.log(jobResult);
}

I'm hoping you can help me add some clause to the above script so that when resources are exceeded in the BigQuery view, this will fail to execute or notify me in some way so I know to go correct the issue in BigQuery.

Thanks for the help!

I've never use BigQuery but it looks like you can add .status.errors to your command and if there are any they will appear in the response. Perhaps you can play with this a bit in the API Explorer. — Cooper

Graham Polley Graham Polley · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-02T00:04:53

Your function is succeeding because all jobs/queries on BigQuery are async. The line var jobResult = BigQuery.Jobs.insert(job, "abc-123"); only submits the job/query to the BigQuery service to begin execution. Then your function returns.

So, you need to wait and poll for the status of the job while it's executing and then deal with any errors if it fails with something like this:

  [..]
  var job = BigQuery.Jobs.insert(job, "abc-123");
  Logger.log(job.status.state);
  var jobId = job.jobReference.jobId;

  // Check on status of the Query Job.
  var sleepTimeMs = 500;
  while (job.status.state !== "DONE") {
    Utilities.sleep(sleepTimeMs);
    job = BigQuery.Jobs.get("abc-123", jobId);
    Logger.log(job.status.state);
  }
  if(job.status.errors != null && job.status.errors.length > 0) {
     Logger.log("FAILED:" + job.status.errors);
  } else {
     Logger.log("SUCCEEDED")
  }
  [..]

Sample output (failure):

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[19-06-03 19:55:18:002 AEST] DONE
[19-06-03 19:55:18:003 AEST] FAILED:{"reason":"resourcesExceeded","message":"Resources exceeded during query execution: The query could not be executed in the allotted memory. Peak usage: 121% of limit.\nTop memory consumer(s):\n  ORDER BY operations: 99%\n  other/unattributed: 1%\n"}

Sample Output (success):

[19-06-03 19:59:48:206 AEST] RUNNING
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[19-06-03 19:59:50:015 AEST] DONE
[19-06-03 19:59:50:016 AEST] SUCCEEDED

Something to consider is that using Google Apps Script ties all this to your personal Google account i.e. not a service account. That might be ok for you, but in the enterprise it's a bit of a no-no.

Finally, I'd probably move your scripts into Cloud Build. I'd argue that it's much more powerful, maintainable, easier to use and flexible.

Program Google Apps Script to throw error when BigQuery "Resources exceeded during query execution"

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