Professional Data Engineer

Build and operate the data processing systems behind analytics and ML on Google Cloud, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, and track your readiness for the Professional Data Engineer exam.

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Google Cloud feature

BigQuery reservations

Topic in 1 exam domain

Also called: BigQuery slot reservation

A capacity management capability used to allocate dedicated compute slots and cap the cost of executing operations such as CDC background jobs.

Where this appears on the exam

1 objective in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 5
Maintaining and automating data workloads
~18% of exam
1. 5.4Monitoring and troubleshooting processes
  - Monitoring planned usage

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Last updated October 15, 2026

Professional Data Engineer

Build and operate the data processing systems behind analytics and ML on Google Cloud, including BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, and track your readiness for the Professional Data Engineer exam.

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Advanced

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud feature

BigQuery reservations

Topic in 1 exam domain

Also called: BigQuery slot reservation

A capacity management capability used to allocate dedicated compute slots and cap the cost of executing operations such as CDC background jobs.

Where this appears on the exam

1 objective in 1 of 5 domains

Domain 5
Maintaining and automating data workloads
~18% of exam
1. 5.4Monitoring and troubleshooting processes
  - Monitoring planned usage

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 15, 2026

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