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Import from Databricks
We're pleased to announce that the Import service now supports Databricks. You'll find the new option when adding a data source option under Data services > Import.
To get started, ensure you have a Personal Access Token (PAT) configured, then configure the connection form with details for your warehouse, catalog, schema and PAT.
As always, we'd love to hear any feedback. Please head here to share your thoughts.
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Import from BigQuery and VDC support
BigQuery
We're pleased to announce that the Import service now supports BigQuery. You'll find the new option when adding a data source option under
Data services > Import
To get started, simply provide your Project ID and Dataset Name along with your Service Account Key JSON.
Virtual Dedicated Cloud (VDC) Support
We've also now enabled the import service for VDC instances, so import is now available across all Aura tiers.
Note: At present, instances with private connection enabled are not supported.
As always, we'd love to hear any feedback. Please head here to share your thoughts.
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New in Neo4j AuraDB: Direct Import from Cloud Data Warehouses
We’re making it easier to bring your data into Neo4j AuraDB! The Import Service now supports direct connections to Snowflake alongside existing CSV and relational database imports. BigQuery and Databricks support will be coming next.
A new AI-powered schema analysis helps infer primary and foreign keys—even when they’re not explicitly defined—automating graph model generation. This means faster, more seamless imports from your enterprise data ecosystem.
Get started today in the Aura Console under Import Service. Read more in the blog post.
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🚀 Import from PostgreSQL
We’re pleased to announce the availability of our first new data source in the Console Preview. If you’re not already familiar with the Console Preview, head over to https://console-preview.neo4j.io.
With this release, you’ll see a new way of accessing import options under Data Services > Import. You’ll now find a new, more comprehensive set of data sources, the first becoming available being PostgreSQL, with more to follow soon. The existing CSV import option remains available.
Note: Your source database will need to be accessible over a public IP address to configure the data source.
Once successfully connected, you’ll be guided through steps to create a graph model and mapping ready for import. Whenever possible, constraints in your source database will be used to create a configuration automatically.
The graph models and mapping are saved for reuse under the Graph Models tab.
In contrast to the CSV import flow which streams files from your client machine, the import jobs for new data sources now run in Aura infrastructure. You can see the status of Import jobs in the corresponding tab and long-running import jobs continue running after you log out of the console.
Once you’re ready to see the results of your load, head over to Explore or Query to start interacting with your new graph.
If you have any feedback, head over to https://feedback.neo4j.com/data-importer to share your thoughts.
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Browser.neo4j.io
Browser 5.24.0 released
This is a maintenance release, fixing an issue where node expansion was run against the incorrect database.
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Bloom.neo4j.io
Upcoming Changes to Bloom
What's changing?
On September 23, 2024 we’ll be updating Bloom on Aura to the latest version. Note that this new version of Bloom is built on a new framework that handles connections to the database, including Single Sign-on (SSO) authentication.
Should I take any action?
While every effort has been made to confirm compatibility with our Enterprise customers’ SSO configurations, we recommend verifying that your current SSO configuration will work with Bloom after the update.
You can try the latest version now at https://explore.neo4j.io !
Note that it may be necessary to configure your SSO Identity Provider (IdP) to authenticate https://explore.neo4j.io before testing.We also highly recommend creating a backup of any Bloom Perspectives
in use prior to trying the new version. To do so, you can activate ‘Experimental features’ in Bloom’s Settings (available via the settings icon on the bottom left at http://bloom.neo4j.io) and then select ‘Export All Perspectives’ from the Experimental Settings icon that will appear as a beaker in the left menu bar. You can alternatively export individual Perspectives using the three-dot menu at the top right of each Perspective in Bloom’s Perspective Gallery.What if I encounter issues?
We certainly hope that won't happen, but should you encounter any issues with the latest version of Bloom after the update, you can continue using the old version by adding /2.11.0/ between https://bloom.neo4j.io/ and the rest of the connection URL (e.g. https://bloom.neo4j.io/2.11.0/index.html?connectURL=[dburl]). Similar to testing on https://explore.neo4j.io, it may be necessary to configure SSO IdPs to accept the https://bloom.neo4j.io/2.11.0/index.html URL which includes /2.11.0/ in the event that you experience issues with the new version and need to revert to Bloom 2.11.0.
Note that Bloom’s current version will continue to also be available at http://bloom.neo4j.io/current/ and the previous version is available at http://bloom.neo4j.io/previous/ . It is also recommended to include these URLs as part of your SSO configuration to make it easier to revert, if needed.
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New in Data Importer - Node property indexes
The latest release of Data Importer brings support for node property indexes. For properties you refer to frequently, indexes can speed up your queries dramatically. It's now possible to configure indexes directly in data importer. You'll find the UI to configure indexes in the details panel:
Read the docs to learn more!
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Data Importer - Preview and Files panel updates
This release of Data Importer brings a number of small changes that make using Data Importer that little bit easier :
Preview graph visualisation
The Import preview is now the last part of Workspace to migrate from the old visualisation to the new one used in Explore and Query. As well as being more visually consistent, it's now more responsive and easier to navigate.
We'll be exploring upping the limits on the number of preview nodes, do leave us feedback if you think that'd be useful.
Files panel
- Files are now sorted alphabetically, making files easier to locate in longer lists.
- Files can now be globally expanded and collapsed making it easier to work with longer lists.
That's all for now. We're working on some big new capabilities in import, more on that to follow in the coming months 😀. As always keep your feedback coming on feedback.neo4j.com.
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Browser 5.15.0 released
This is a maintenance release with the following small improvements and fixes:
- Now only non-composite database aliases are shown in the database dropdown
- Element-id now shown correctly in table view
- Added optional setting to specify read transactions on cypher queries
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New in Data Importer
This release of Data Importer brings two new features:
Preview selected
We've made a slight tweak to the Preview feature, allowing you to optionally preview selected parts of your our graph. If you have a particularly complex model, it can sometimes be hard to see how all the different nodes and relationship types being previewed are linking. In these scenarios you can use "Preview selected" to only preview selected parts of the model. This can help you validate specific parts of the model are mapped as expected. In the example below, only the Product, Supplier and SUPPLIES parts of the model will be previewed when using the "Preview selected" option.
Generate Cypher script
The Data Importer UI gives you a convenient way to generate your graph model and map data, but what happens if you want to take the import logic and use it somewhere else without the UI? Or what if the Data Importer UI doesn't quite allow the complex transformations that you need?
For these scenarios, we are now providing you the option to view and download a Cypher script representing your model and mapping. You can use these as-is, or adapt for more complex needs.
Examples of where you might use this generated code include:
- The Workspace Query UI. Note that the files will need to be accessible to the DBMS you are connected to. At present this means Aura customers will need their files accessible on a public URL for the LOAD CSVcommand to access them.
- On the command line via cypher-shell
- Driver code - De-compose the script to re-use the CREATE CONSTRAINTandMERGEstatements to implement your loads
The load script itself is commented to help you understand the purpose of the different parts and where you might need to make changes, depending on where you're running it.
You can also choose to download the files with your script, which will give you a handy zip of the script and your files.
We hope you enjoy using these new features and as always please head over to https://feedback.neo4j.com/data-importer with any feedback.
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