Creating a dataform in GCP Big query

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#1

Problem
I’m trying to create a Dataform repository from BigQuery (Dataform) in project kkgcplabs01-029.
When I choose location africa-south1, I get the error:

API request error: “africa-south1” violates constraint “constraints/gcp.resourceLocations” on the resource “projects/kkgcplabs01-029/locations/africa-south1/repositories/somename1234”.

Environment

  • Product: BigQuery Dataform (Repository creation)
  • Project: kkgcplabs01-029
  • Region selected: africa-south1
  • Organization / Folder policies: Unknown; suspect resource location restriction

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open BigQuery in the Cloud Console.
  2. Navigate to Dataform → Create repository.
  3. Choose repository name somename1234.
  4. Select location africa-south1.
  5. Click Create.

Expected
Repository should be created in africa-south1 for POC okay to be created in any region.

Actual
Creation fails with org policy error: constraints/gcp.resourceLocations.

What I’ve Tried

  • Tried different names. and different regions as well
  • Verified I can create other resources in the project.
  • Checked that Dataform is enabled.
  • Suspect the organization policy restricts regions but I don’t have full visibility.

Questions

  1. Does Dataform repository creation follow the organization policy constraints/gcp.resourceLocations for allowed regions?
  2. Is africa-south1 supported for Dataform repositories? If not, what are the supported regions?
  3. If this is due to org policy, what’s the recommended way to allow this region (at project or folder level) without overly broadening the policy?
  4. Any temporary workaround (e.g., using an allowed region) that preserves data residency compliance?
#2

Problem
I’m trying to create a Dataform repository from BigQuery (Dataform) in project kkgcplabs01-029.
When I choose location africa-south1, I get the error:

API request error: “africa-south1” violates constraint “constraints/gcp.resourceLocations” on the resource “projects/kkgcplabs01-029/locations/africa-south1/repositories/somename1234”.

Environment

  • Product: BigQuery Dataform (Repository creation)
  • Project: kkgcplabs01-029
  • Region selected: africa-south1
  • IAM role(s): (e.g., BigQuery Admin / Dataform Admin / Project Editor — please confirm if relevant)
  • Organization / Folder policies: Unknown; suspect resource location restriction

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open BigQuery in the Cloud Console.
  2. Navigate to Dataform → Create repository.
  3. Choose repository name somename1234.
  4. Select location africa-south1.
  5. Click Create.

Expected
Repository should be created in africa-south1.

Actual
Creation fails with org policy error: constraints/gcp.resourceLocations.

What I’ve Tried

  • Tried different names. and different regions as well
  • Verified I can create other resources in the project.
  • Checked that Dataform is enabled.
  • Suspect the organization policy restricts regions but I don’t have full visibility.

Questions

  1. Does Dataform repository creation follow the organization policy constraints/gcp.resourceLocations for allowed regions?
  2. Is africa-south1 supported for Dataform repositories? If not, what are the supported regions?
  3. If this is due to org policy, what’s the recommended way to allow this region (at project or folder level) without overly broadening the policy?
  4. Any temporary workaround (e.g., using an allowed region) that preserves data residency compliance?
#3

Is this for a lab (I don’t know of one similar to this) or using our GCP playground? If the latter, we support only US regions – not south africa – and I’m not sure we support BigQuery (Permission ‘dataform.repositories.create’ ) in any of those.