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Bakalash
Bakalash

Reputation: 553

Efficiency in neo4j graph database

I have object Event that i want to save is location. i thinking on 2 ways to do that: 1.make Event node and connect him to location node and save there the location 2.save the location on the Event node.

Considering that in the future I would be interested to pull the information on all the events carried out in a certain place. What is the most effective way?

Additional question that i have about effective. i have 2 users: mobile application user and web users. and i thinking on effective way to save the information. also here i thinking on 2 ways: 1.save the data on all users in one node and add to app users label mobile 2.save the data on all users in one node and connect him to node that will save only the device type.

Considering that in the future I would be interested to pull the information on all the users that use IOS/Android. What is the most effective way?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 176

Answers (1)

Brian Underwood
Brian Underwood

Reputation: 10856

It depends on what you want to do with the location information. Some reasons why you might use Location nodes (and thus make a relationship between Event and Location):

  • You want to have properties for a location
  • You're using locations in another context and want to be able to link everything together
  • In your application Location feels more like an entity to you than just a property of Event

But if you just have a lat/long or a location name you're more in the territory of just having a property on the Event. If you're going to query on the property make sure you have an index (that goes for whatever properties you'd want to query on Location nodes too).

Regarding users: You're probably asking for headaches if you're going to store two sets of users. I would have one set of users and use properties like logged_in_with_android.

Upvotes: 2

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