apoc.refactor.rename.nodeProperty
ProcedureDeprecated in Cypher 25

This procedure is deprecated. Use Cypher’s SET and REMOVE clauses instead.

Details
Syntax	`apoc.refactor.rename.nodeProperty(oldName, newName [, nodes, config ]) :: (batches, total, timeTaken, committedOperations, failedOperations, failedBatches, retries, errorMessages, batch, operations, constraints, indexes)`
Description	Renames the given property from `oldName` to `newName` for all `NODE` values. If a `LIST<NODE>` is provided, the renaming is applied to the `NODE` values within this `LIST<NODE>` only.
Input arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`oldName`	`STRING`	The property to rename.
	`newName`	`STRING`	The new name to give the property.
	`nodes`	`LIST<NODE>`	The nodes to apply the new name to. If this list is empty, all nodes with the old property name will be renamed. The default is: `[]`.
	`config`	`MAP`	{ batchSize = 100000 :: INTEGER, concurrency :: INTEGER, retries = 0 :: INTEGER, parallel = true :: BOOLEAN, batchMode = "BATCH" :: STRING } The default is: `{}.
Return arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`batches`	`INTEGER`	The number of batches the operation was run in.
	`total`	`INTEGER`	The total number of renamings performed.
	`timeTaken`	`INTEGER`	The time taken to complete the operation.
	`committedOperations`	`INTEGER`	The total number of committed operations.
	`failedOperations`	`INTEGER`	The total number of failed operations.
	`failedBatches`	`INTEGER`	The total number of failed batches.
	`retries`	`INTEGER`	The total number of retries.
	`errorMessages`	`MAP`	The collected error messages.
	`batch`	`MAP`	`{ total :: INTEGER, failed :: INTEGER, committed :: INTEGER, errors :: MAP }`
	`operations`	`MAP`	`{ total :: INTEGER, failed :: INTEGER, committed :: INTEGER, errors :: MAP }`
	`constraints`	`LIST<STRING>`	Constraints associated with the given label or type.
	`indexes`	`LIST<STRING>`	Indexes associated with the given label or type.

Setting and removing properties using Cypher

Properties can be referenced dynamically in Cypher without using APOC.

Cypher syntax for dynamically setting and removing a property from a node or a relationship

SET n[key] = <expr>
REMOVE n[key]

The dynamically calculated key must evaluate to a STRING value. For more information, see the Cypher Manual → Dynamically set or update a property and Cypher Manual → Dynamically removing a property.

Usage Examples

The examples in this section are based on the following sample graph:

CREATE (mark:DevRel {name: "Mark", city: "London"})
CREATE (jennifer:DevRel {name: "Jennifer", city: "St Louis"})
CREATE (michael:DevRel {name: "Michael", city: "Dresden"})
CREATE (jim:Engineer {name: "Jim", city: "London"})
CREATE (alistair:Engineer {name: "Alistair", city: "London"})

The following query changes the node property city to location for all nodes with the DevRel label using both APOC and Cypher:

apoc.refactor.rename.nodeProperty

MATCH (person:DevRel)
WITH collect(person) AS people
CALL apoc.refactor.rename.nodeProperty("city", "location", people)
YIELD total
RETURN total

Using Cypher

MATCH (person:DevRel)
SET person.location = person.city
REMOVE person.city
RETURN count(*) AS total

Results
total
3

The following query returns all the nodes in our graph after this refactoring has been done:

MATCH (n)
RETURN (n)

Results
n
(:DevRel {name: "Jennifer", location: "St Louis"})
(:DevRel {name: "Michael", location: "Dresden"})
(:Engineer {city: "London", name: "Jim"})
(:DevRel {name: "Mark", location: "London"})
(:Engineer {city: "London", name: "Alistair"})

This procedure does not rename the property; it creates a new property with the new name and copies the value from the original property, which is then deleted.

More documentation of apoc.refactor.rename.nodeProperty

apoc.refactor.rename.nodePropertyProcedureDeprecated in Cypher 25

Setting and removing properties using Cypher

Usage Examples

apoc.refactor.rename.nodeProperty
ProcedureDeprecated in Cypher 25