Create and update Neo4j graph

This page describes how to create and maintain your neo4j graph up to date with your computer's Datashare projects

Create the graph

1. Go to 'All projects' and click on your project's name:

1. Go to the Graph tab and in the first step 'Import', click on the 'Import' button:

You will then see a new import task running.

When the graph creation is complete, 'Graph statistics' will reflect the number of documents and entities nodes found in the graph:

Update the graph

If new documents or entities are added or modified in Datashare, you will need to update the Neo4j graph to reflect these changes.

Go to 'All projects' > one project's page > the 'Graph' tab. In the first step, click on the 'Update graph' button:

To detect whether a graph update is needed, go to the 'Projects' page and open your project:

Open your project

Compare the number of documents and entities found in Datashare in 'Projects' > 'Your project' > 'Insights'...

Statistics of one project

...with the numbers found in your project in the 'Graph' tab. Run an update in case of mismatch:

The update will always add missing nodes and relationships, update existing ones if they were modified, but will never delete graph nodes or relationships.

You can now explore your graph using your favorite visualization tool.