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[1.16.0](/python/docs/reference/bigquery/1.16.0/google.cloud.bigquery.external_config.BigtableColumn) \n\n BigtableColumn()\n\nOptions for a Bigtable column.\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### encoding\n\nstr: The encoding of the values when the type is not `STRING`\n\nSee\n\u003chttps://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#BigtableColumn.FIELDS.encoding\u003e\n\n### field_name\n\nstr: An identifier to use if the qualifier is not a valid BigQuery\nfield identifier\n\nSee\n\u003chttps://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#BigtableColumn.FIELDS.field_name\u003e\n\n### only_read_latest\n\nbool: If this is set, only the latest version of value in this\ncolumn are exposed.\n\nSee\n\u003chttps://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#BigtableColumn.FIELDS.only_read_latest\u003e\n\n### qualifier_encoded\n\nUnion\\[str, bytes\\]: The qualifier encoded in binary.\n\nThe type is `str` (Python 2.x) or `bytes` (Python 3.x). The module\nwill handle base64 encoding for you.\n\nSee\n\u003chttps://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#BigtableColumn.FIELDS.qualifier_encoded\u003e\n\n### qualifier_string\n\nstr: A valid UTF-8 string qualifier\n\nSee\n\u003chttps://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#BigtableColumn.FIELDS.qualifier_string\u003e\n\n### type_\n\nstr: The type to convert the value in cells of this column.\n\nSee\n\u003chttps://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#BigtableColumn.FIELDS.type\u003e\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### from_api_repr\n\n from_api_repr(\n resource: dict,\n ) -\u003e google.cloud.bigquery.external_config.BigtableColumn\n\nFactory: construct a `.external_config.BigtableColumn`\ninstance given its API representation.\n\n### to_api_repr\n\n to_api_repr() -\u003e dict\n\nBuild an API representation of this object."]]