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The mechanism by which a data source determines who can see its data.
The data credential options are:
Owner's credentialsuses the credentials of the data source owner to authorize access to the dataset. This option lets you share reports that use this data source without requiring report viewers to have their own access to the underlying dataset.
Viewer's credentialsrequire anyone who attempts to view the data that is provided by this data source to have their own access to the dataset.
Service account credentialsuse 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.
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