BigQuery's job history feature is highly useful for daily tasks. It saves every query you write, providing access to both personal and project history. This feature is beneficial for:
- Retrieving unsaved complex queries.
- Viewing results of long-running queries without re-execution, thanks to temporary destination tables (saved for 24 hours, with exceptions).
- Checking job details such as duration, resource usage, and timestamps.
Jobs can be in one of three states:
- PENDING: Scheduled and waiting to run.
- RUNNING: In progress.
- DONE: Completed, with states of SUCCESS or FAILURE.
Additionally, you can view all jobs executed in the project, including those by external clients, and filter queries. For more details, refer to the official documentation.
