2.2 · Lesson

Project a graph

In the previous lesson, you learned the three-step Go to glossary for graph data science (opens in a new tab)Analysing data through the structure of its connections. Also the name of the Neo4j library that implements it. workflow: Project → Run → Write. You saw how this Full definition for pattern (opens in a new tab)A graph structure written in Cypher, such as a node joined to another node by a relationship. enables fast, safe, iterative analysis by separating your source data from algorithmic operations.

This lesson focuses exclusively on Step 1: Full definition for projection (opens in a new tab)An in-memory copy of part of your database that graph algorithms run against. You choose which nodes and relationships it holds.—the foundation of all GDS work.