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Learning Neo4j 3.x

You're reading from   Learning Neo4j 3.x Effective data modeling, performance tuning and data visualization techniques in Neo4j

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786466143
Length 316 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Jerome Baton Jerome Baton
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Rik Van Bruggen Rik Van Bruggen
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Graph Theory and Databases FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with Neo4j 3. Modeling Data for Neo4j 4. Getting Started with Cypher 5. Awesome Procedures on Cypher - APOC 6. Extending Cypher 7. Query Performance Tuning 8. Importing Data into Neo4j 9. Going Spatial 10. Security 11. Visualizations for Neo4j 12. Data Refactoring with Neo4j 13. Clustering 14. Use Case Example - Recommendations 15. Use Case Example - Impact Analysis and Simulation 16. Tips and Tricks

Great changes

When great changes are coming, you have to be prepared. Being philosophical, one could say know where you are and know where you go.

Know your model

To know where you are is to know your actual model. A previous feature of the APOC plugin, showing your meta-model as a graph is now a default feature of Neo4j and Cypher:

CALL db.schema()

As it is an instant view of your schema, I advise you to save this representation of your schema:

How to export a view of the schema


Export both formats. You can print the PNG image to use as a basis for your new modeling, while the CSV lists all the properties.

 We will now see a panorama of the types of changes that you may have to perform.

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