The mechanism by which a data source determines who can see its data.
The data credential options are:
- Owner's credentials uses the credentials of the data source owner to authorize access to the data set. This option lets you share reports that use this data source without requiring report viewers to have their own access to the underlying data set.
Before sharing a report or data source that uses Owner's credentials, be sure that you trust the person or persons with whom you share them.
- Viewer's credentials requires anyone attempting to view the data that is provided by this data source to have their own access to the data set.
- Service account credentials uses a special type of Google account that is intended to represent a non-human user that can authenticate and be authorized to access your data.