# How to not create temp tables in GX Cloud

**URL:** <https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-not-create-temp-tables-in-gx-cloud/1565>\
**Category:** GX Cloud Support\
**Created:** [January 11, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-not-create-temp-tables-in-gx-cloud/1565 "2024-01-11T00:37:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![HaebichanGX](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.greatexpectations.io/haebichangx/32/211_2.png) [@HaebichanGX](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/HaebichanGX)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-not-create-temp-tables-in-gx-cloud/1565/1 "2024-01-11T00:37:57Z")

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_From previous Slack user message:_

May I ask a question for the ‘create\_temp\_table=False’. For local environment, how can I configure it? The system created so many gx\_temp tables in my Bigquery.

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**Author:** ![HaebichanGX](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.greatexpectations.io/haebichangx/32/211_2.png) [@HaebichanGX](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/HaebichanGX)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-not-create-temp-tables-in-gx-cloud/1565/2 "2024-01-11T00:43:49Z")

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You can easily de-select the “create temp table” button on the Cloud UI when creating a data source to not create temp tables.

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