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Map Projections to Return Data

Many applications that access Neo4j via their drivers use CypherNeo4j's implementation of GQL, the ISO standard query language for graph databases. It is declarative: you describe the pattern to find, and the database decides how to find it. to retrieve data from the graph as objects that will be used by the application. In Neo4j Browser, when nodesA vertex in a graph. In a property graph it can carry labels and properties. are returned, you can either view them as a graph, or you can view them in table view where all propertiesA named value stored on a node or a relationship. for a node are a single row. The data is returned as rows of data where each row represents a JSON-style object for a node.

This query returns all Person nodes that contain the string "Thomas". If you view the data returned as a table, it returns internal node information such as labelsA tag on a node that groups it with other nodes of the same kind. A node can carry more than one. and identity, along with the property values.