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Unioned table costs more to query in BigQuery than individual tables?

BigQuery cost scenarios When I query a large unioned table - partitioned by date field and clustered by a clientkey field - for a specific client's data it appears to process more data than if I just ...
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What's a good balance to decide when to partition a table in BigQuery?

We are using a public dataset to benchmark BigQuery. We took the same table and partitioned it by day, but it's not clear we are getting many benefits. What's a good balance? SELECT sum(score) FROM ...
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