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Requests the deletion of the metadata of a job. This call returns when
the job's metadata is deleted.
Arguments
Parameters
jobId
string
Required. Job ID of the job for which metadata is to be deleted. If this is a parent job which has child jobs, the metadata from all child jobs will be deleted as well. Direct deletion of the metadata of child jobs is not allowed.
projectId
string
Required. Project ID of the job for which metadata is to be deleted.
location
string
The geographic location of the job. Required. See details at: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/locations#specifying_your_location.
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
Response
If successful, the response will be empty.
Subworkflow snippet
Some fields might be optional or required.
To identify required fields, refer to the API documentation.
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