BigQuery Security center and jobs explorer improvements generally available

The BigQuery Security center is now available in the Google Cloud console. You can use the Security center to analyze your data security profile, create and manage row- and column-level security policies, and configure and manage data governance and policy tags. This feature is generally available (GA).

BigQuery jobs explorer layout and filtering improvements, including status counts in the filter bar, resource grouping, and timeline metric charts, are generally available (GA).

You can now use the OBJ.LIST function to perform spontaneous discovery and analysis of unstructured data. The OBJ.LIST function returns a table of metadata and ObjectRef values for files stored in Cloud Storage, and does not require you to create a persistent object table.

This feature is generally available (GA).

You can now view the UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE, and EXPORT execution steps in your query plans.