Connect Your GCP Account

Noros connects to your Google Cloud environment using read-only access to your BigQuery billing dataset. The entire setup process is guided by Noros directly in the chat.

Prerequisites

• An active Noros account

• BigQuery Data Owner role for your billing account

• Billing export enabled in your GCP project (if not already enabled, data migration may take up to 5 days)

Onboarding Steps

Step 1: Enable Billing Export

If you haven't already, enable billing export in your GCP project:

1. Go to Billing Export in the Google Cloud Console.

2. Click Edit Settings.

3. Enable export for:

   • Standard usage cost

   • Detailed usage cost

   • Pricing

Step 2: Create or Select a Dataset

Select an existing BigQuery dataset or create a new one for your billing data. We recommend naming it noros_billing_dataset for clarity.

Step 3: Enable Recommender

Set up the GCP Recommender with the following configuration:

• Frequency: Daily

• Versions: 1

• Start time: 00:00

Step 4: Share Your Billing Dataset

Noros will provide a Principal ID during onboarding. Share your billing dataset with this principal:

1. In BigQuery, select your billing dataset.

2. Click Share > Permissions > Add Principal.

3. Enter the Principal ID provided by Noros.

4. Assign the following roles:

   • BigQuery Data Viewer

   • BigQuery Metadata Viewer

Step 5: Select Datasets in Noros

Confirm which datasets to use for Standard usage cost, Detailed usage cost, and Pricing data.

Step 6: Verify and Start

Noros will verify access to your billing data. You'll receive a confirmation when analysis is complete and Noros is ready to answer questions about your GCP environment.

Security

Noros uses Workload Identity Federation to access your BigQuery data — no service account keys are required. Access is:

• Read-only — Noros can only read data from the shared billing dataset

• Time-limited — Credentials are automatically rotated

• Scoped — No access to other projects, datasets, or resources

Learn more about GCP permissions →

Connecting Additional Projects

You can connect multiple GCP projects to Noros. To add another project, simply ask Noros in the chat and it will guide you through the process.