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Graph Data Processing with Cypher
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Graph Data Processing with Cypher

by Ravindranatha Anthapu
December 2022
Intermediate to advanced
332 pages
6h 35m
English
Packt Publishing
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5

Filtering, Sorting, and Aggregations

In the last chapter, we looked at basic querying using Cypher. In this chapter, we will take it a step further by discussing adding filtering, sorting, and aggregations to the querying. We will cover these aspects in this chapter:

  • Filtering with node labels and relationship types
  • Filtering with WHERE and WITH clauses
  • Sorting data using the ORDER BY clause
  • Working with aggregations

We will start by filtering the data in queries.

Filtering with node labels and relationship types

In Cypher, filtering starts with the usage of node labels and relationship types. Let us take a look at a query where we do not apply any filters in Cypher:

MATCH p=()—-() RETURN p

This query returns all paths where any nodes are ...

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