# BigQuery Output plugin: Error creating table. {:exception=\>java.lang.NullPointerException}

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigquery-output-plugin-error-creating-table-exception-java-lang-nullpointerexception/166762
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigquery-output-plugin-error-creating-table-exception-java-lang-nullpointerexception/166762 "2019-02-01T17:06:47Z")
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### Author: ![ginger-tea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@ginger-tea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ginger-tea)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigquery-output-plugin-error-creating-table-exception-java-lang-nullpointerexception/166762/1 "2019-02-01T17:06:47Z")

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I am seeing this type of error periodically in between logs of "publishing messages to bigquery table"

[2019-02-01T10:30:36,500][ERROR][logstash.outputs.googlebigquery] Error creating table. {:exception=\>java.lang.NullPointerException}

Anyone can shed some light?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigquery-output-plugin-error-creating-table-exception-java-lang-nullpointerexception/166762/2 "2019-03-01T17:06:50Z")

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