BigQuery - August 28th, 2012 [Feature]

## Feature API: New [batch queries](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/developers%5Fguide#batchqueries) feature allows for queries to be executed between 30 minutes to 3 hours later, but are charged at a lower [cost](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/pricing) than interactive queries which execute immediately ## Feature **New tool release:** [BigQuery Connector for Excel](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery%5Fconnector%5Ffor%5Fexcel) now allows you to make queries to Google BigQuery from Microsft Excel!