Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage is massively scalable object storage for unstructured data offered by Google as part of the Cloud Computing product suite.

The Braze and Google Cloud Storage integration allows you to stream Currents data to Google Cloud Storage. You can later use an ETL process (Extract, Transform, Load) to transfer your data to other locations, such as Google BigQuery.

Prerequisites

Requirement	Description
Google Cloud Storage account	A Google Cloud Storage account is required to take advantage of this partnership.
Currents	In order to export data back into Google Cloud Storage, you need to have Braze Currents set up for your account.

Integration

To integrate with Google Cloud Storage, you must set up the appropriate credentials that allow Braze to get information about the storage buckets being written to (storage.buckets.get) and create objects within that bucket (storage.objects.create).

This can be done using the following instructions, which will walk you through creating a role and service account that will generate a private key to use in your Currents integration.

Step 1: Create role

Create a new role in your Google Cloud Platform Console by navigating to IAM & admin > Roles > + Create Role.

Next, give the role a name, select +Add Permissions and add the following: storage.buckets.get, storage.objects.create, and storage.objects.get. Then, select Create.

Optionally, add storage.objects.delete permissions to allow Braze to clean up incomplete files. In rare circumstances, Google Cloud may terminate connections early, resulting in Braze writing incomplete files to Google Cloud Storage. Under normal circumstances, Braze will retry and create a new file with the correct data, leaving the old file in Google Cloud Storage.

Step 2: Create a service account

Create a new service account in your Google Cloud Platform Console by navigating to IAM & admin > Service Accounts and selecting Create Service Account.

Next, give the service account a name and grant it access to your newly created custom role.

Create a key

At the bottom of the page, use the Create Key button to create a JSON private key to use in Braze. After the key is created, it will download onto your machine.

Step 3: Set up Currents in Braze

In Braze, navigate to Currents > + Create Current > Google Cloud Storage Data Export and provide your integration name and contact email.

Next, upload your JSON private key under GCS JSON Credentials and provide your CGS bucket name and GCS prefix (optional).

Finally, scroll to the bottom of the page and select which message engagement events or customer behavior events you would like to export. When completed, launch your Current.

Step 4: Set up Google Cloud Storage (GCS) exports

To set up Google Cloud Storage (GCS) exports, go to Technology Partners > Google Cloud Storage, enter your GCS credentials, and select Make this the default data export destination.

Your corresponding Google Cloud IAM service account must have the following permissions (this can be confirmed by selecting the Test Credentials button on the Google Cloud Storage page in Braze):

• storage.objects.create
• storage.objects.delete
• storage.objects.get
• storage.objects.list

The organization and contents of any exported files will be identical across AWS S3, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Storage integrations.

Export behavior

Users that have integrated a cloud data storage solution, and are trying to export APIs, dashboard reports, or CSV reports will experience the following:

• All API exports will not return a download URL in the response body and must be retrieved through data storage.
• All dashboard reports and CSV reports will be sent to the users email for download (no storage permissions required) and backed up on Data Storage.