When running a pipeline that has a BigQuery source, on your local machine, you continue to get permission denied errors. What could be the reason for that?

The correct answer is A. Your gcloud does not have access to the BigQuery resources. Explanation/Reference: When reading from a Dataflow source or writing to a Dataflow sink using DirectPipelineRunner, the Cloud Platform account that you configured with the gcloud executable will need access to the corresponding source/sink

Submitted by packet_pusher· Mar 30, 2026Building and operationalizing data processing systems

Question

When running a pipeline that has a BigQuery source, on your local machine, you continue to get permission denied errors. What could be the reason for that?

Options

AYour gcloud does not have access to the BigQuery resources
BBigQuery cannot be accessed from local machines
CYou are missing gcloud on your machine
DPipelines cannot be run locally

How the community answered

(18 responses)

A
89% (16)
C
6% (1)
D
6% (1)

Explanation

Explanation/Reference: When reading from a Dataflow source or writing to a Dataflow sink using DirectPipelineRunner, the Cloud Platform account that you configured with the gcloud executable will need access to the corresponding source/sink

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#BigQuery permissions#gcloud authentication#IAM#Dataflow local runner

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