Visualization using the Neo4j console

The easiest and fastest starting point to visualize Neo4j is via the Neo4j Webadmin Console. It automatically comes up when the Neo4j Server is started and is used to visualize the result of the Cypher query. In this recipe, we will learn more about Neo4j Webadmin Console visualization and how to customize it.

Getting ready

The following steps will get you started with this recipe:

1. Install Neo4j on your machine using the earlier recipes from Chapter 1, Getting Started with Neo4j.

2. Access the Neo4j Webadmin Console in the browser by navigating to http://<neo4j_server>:<port_name>. The default port is 7474.

   The following screenshot depicts the Neo4j Webadmin Console:

   

How to do it...

The following steps will get you started with this recipe:

1. The Neo4j Webadmin Console only visualizes the output of Cypher queries, so let's start with a Cypher query on the Neo4j graph:

   // What is related, and how
   MATCH (a)-[r]->(b)
   WHERE labels(a) <> [] AND labels...