Understanding Aura Graph Analytics

Before you touch any code, you need to understand what Aura Graph Analytics is, when to reach for it, and how to switch it on.

In this module, you'll learn:

• What Aura Graph Analytics is and how it differs from running GDS inside your database
• The Persistence Tax — the four costs of always-on graph compute that AGA avoids
• What persists across sessions, and what doesn't
• The three workloads AGA is built for, and the one workload it isn't
• How to enable AGA on an Aura project and create the API credentials a session needs
• How to set up an AuraDB Free instance and load the movies dataset

By the end of this module, you'll have a project with AGA enabled, credentials in your secret manager, and a clear sense of when AGA is the right tool for the job.

In the next module, you'll drive your first session from Cypher in the Aura Workspace.