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Aura

My five favorite cards in Aura Dashboards

When Dashboards first became available in Aura, I started to move my reporting away from custom tools. Here are the five cards I use the most, and a Cypher statement behind them.

Adam CowleyAdam CowleyAug 24, 20265 min read
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Writing Cypher Queries That Don't Lose Your Data

The query trap that hides your newest data, and the query shape that brings it back.

KOKemi OjogbedeJul 29, 20269 min read
Cypher

SQL to Cypher - 10 Queries You Already Know

You already know how to write these queries. This article shows you what they look like when the joins go away.

JMJeremy MorganJul 29, 202616 min read
Cypher

TIL: Cypher has a format() function for dates and times

A deprecation warning taught me that Cypher now formats dates, times, and durations natively. No APOC required.

Adam CowleyAdam CowleyJul 16, 20264 min read
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Replacing your APOC Periodic Iterate with CALL {} IN TRANSACTIONS

apoc.periodic.iterate is deprecated in Cypher 25. Learn how to rewrite your queries with CALL {} IN TRANSACTIONS.

Adam CowleyAdam CowleyJul 14, 20265 min read
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How Cypher Graph Types Kept Our AI-Generated Queries Honest During a Migration

We rebuilt GraphAcademy against the same Neo4j database. Graph types made sure AI-generated Cypher could not drift from the data model.

Adam CowleyAdam CowleyJul 6, 20264 min read