Add the Movies recommendations dataset

In this lesson, you will add a Neo4j instance containing the Movies recommendations dataset to your Neo4j Aura console.

Add the instance

GraphAcademy has created a Neo4j instance loaded with the dataset for you to use during this course.

To add the GraphAcademy instance to your Aura console:

  1. Open the Aura Console.

  2. Goto Instances, Self-managed, and click Add deployment.

    Self managed page with the add deployment button highlighted
  3. Select Monitored, give the instance a name (for example, My Sandbox), and click Connect.

    Monitored option selected with the instance name My sandbox and connect button highlighted
  4. Enter the following connection details for your sandbox:

    Connection URL

    bolt+s://{instance-host}:{instance-boltPort}

    Username

    {instance-username}

    Password

    {instance-password}

    Database

    {instance-database}

  5. Click Next to add the instance to your Aura console.

    Your sandbox instance added as a self-managed instance in the Aura console

You can now use your instance in the Aura console to complete the course.

Make a note of your username, password, and database as you may need them later.

Instance expiration

GraphAcadmey instances expire after 3 days. You can return to this lesson and re-add a new instance if it expires will you’re completing the course.

Review the dataset

The dataset has approximately 9,000 movies, people (actors and directors), genres, users, and ratings — consisting of about 28,000 nodes and 166,000 relationships.

The schema:

(:User)-[:RATED]->(:Movie)
(:Person:Actor)-[:ACTED_IN]->(:Movie)
(:Person:Director)-[:DIRECTED]->(:Movie)
(:Movie)-[:IN_GENRE]->(:Genre)

Open Query, connect to your instance, and run:

cypher
View the schema
CALL db.schema.visualization

You should see Movie, Person, User, and Genre nodes connected by RATED, ACTED_IN, DIRECTED, and IN_GENRE relationships.

Explore the dataset and get a feel for the different labels, relationship types, and properties.

Summary

In this lesson, you added the GraphAcademy movie recommendations dataset instance to your Aura console.

In the next lesson, you will connect Dashboards to your instance.

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