# Stream export data to a Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic

Send streaming exports from Mux Data to a Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic. Use this guide when you process video view or monitoring data in your own Google Cloud pipeline.

Streaming exports send Mux Data records to a Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic in your Google Cloud account. Use this guide when you want to process video view or monitoring data in your own pipeline. For example, you can store views in BigQuery or feed a real-time alert system.

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In order to stream exports from Mux to a Pub/Sub topic, you'll need to set up a topic in your Google Cloud account. Mux will write data to the topic as it becomes available. This guide covers the high-level steps required for setup.

## 1. Add a new streaming export

To add a new streaming export, go to **Settings > Streaming Exports** in your Mux dashboard. From that tab, click **New streaming export** to open the configuration modal.

Select the type of data you want to export, the environment you want to send data from, the export format, and select **Google Cloud Pub/Sub** as the service.

## 2. Set up a topic in Google Cloud Pub/Sub

You'll need to complete the following setup in your Google Cloud account before you can create a new streaming export in Mux:

1. *(Optional)* If you want to use a schema with your Pub/Sub topic, you can create one using the Protobuf spec for the data you are exporting, which is available in the [mux-protobuf repository](https://github.com/muxinc/mux-protobuf).
2. Create a Pub/Sub topic. If you're creating a topic with a schema, set the message encoding to **Binary**.
3. Add the Mux service account to the topic as a Principal with the **Pub/Sub Publisher** role. The Mux service account is shown in the configuration modal.

## 3. Finish setup in Mux

In the configuration modal, provide the Pub/Sub topic name. This should be the full topic name, including the project ID, and match the format `projects/{project-id}/topics/{topic-id}`.

Click **Enable export**, and your streaming export will be activated immediately. We will start streaming data as soon as it becomes available.

## Process messages

With your export set up, you can begin consuming incoming messages. For more information on the message format and processing data, see the main [Export raw Mux data](/docs/guides/export-raw-video-view-data) guide.