diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy.tf.erb
index 1790003b1166..8025df9b886b 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy.tf.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+locals {
+  count = 2
+}
+
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "source" {
   deletion_protection = false
-  count = length(google_bigquery_dataset.source)
+  count = local.count
 
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.source[count.index].dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_${count.index}_table"
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "source" {
-  count = 2
+  count = local.count
 
   dataset_id                  = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_${count.index}_dataset"
   friendly_name               = "test"
diff --git a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy_table_reference.tf.erb b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy_table_reference.tf.erb
index 903e5b398d27..6112d5dee125 100644
--- a/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy_table_reference.tf.erb
+++ b/mmv1/templates/terraform/examples/bigquery_job_copy_table_reference.tf.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+locals {
+  count = 2
+}
+
 resource "google_bigquery_table" "source" {
   deletion_protection = false
-  count = length(google_bigquery_dataset.source)
+  count = local.count
 
   dataset_id = google_bigquery_dataset.source[count.index].dataset_id
   table_id   = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_${count.index}_table"
@@ -24,10 +28,12 @@ resource "google_bigquery_table" "source" {
   }
 ]
 EOF
+
+  depends_on = [google_bigquery_dataset.source]
 }
 
 resource "google_bigquery_dataset" "source" {
-  count = 2
+  count = local.count
 
   dataset_id                  = "<%= ctx[:vars]['job_id'] %>_${count.index}_dataset"
   friendly_name               = "test"