Visual tour of the console
Console structure
The hierarchy of the console consists of organizations, projects, and instances:
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Organization: The highest level, representing the overall team or company.
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Projects: Folders that organize your instances.
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Instances: Contain the databases.
When you first log in to the console, you are part of an organization. An organization can contain one or more projects. Click a project to open it.
Project cards provide a snapshot of each project, including the number of instances and members associated with it. Opening a project card takes you inside that project, where you can view existing instances and create new ones as needed.
The organization or project you’re currently viewing is always displayed in the header of the console.
To switch between different organizations or projects, click on its name. This opens a dropdown menu where you can see all the organizations and projects you have access to and select the one you want to switch to.
Organizations
Organizations are a layer in the Aura account hierarchy that sits above Projects. This allows you to organize and manage multiple projects under a single organization.
Management at this level allows control over all Projects within an Organization and, thus, instances within Projects and lets Organization owners roll out Project-level settings for all Projects simultaneously.
Organization settings
On the organization level, you can also find a Settings menu where you can manage your organization’s settings, provided that you are an organization admin. You can change the name of the organization and toggle an organization-wide setting for co-pilots. Co-pilots are available in Query and Explore and use Generative AI to help you write queries and generate search patterns. See Query co-pilot and Explore co-pilot for more information.
Data Services
This section contains your instances and the Import service. To access your data, navigate to a project and connect to an instance.
Instances
An instance in Aura is an environment of the Neo4j database, managed and run in the cloud. A project can contain one or more instances. In the instance section, you can view and select which instance you want to connect to.
By expanding an instance card, you can explore various options, such as viewing metrics, taking snapshots, or pausing the instance. Additionally, you can also connect the instance to an application.
Import
If your instance doesn’t contain any data, the Import service allows you to import CSV files to your database. This service lets you create your data model and map it to your files. See the What is Import? for more information about this service.
Tools
The tools allow you to interact with your data and therefore require an active connection to an instance. Once connected to an instance, you can use both the Explore and the Query tools.
Explore
Explore helps you visualize and interact with datasets without using any code.
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Visual Exploration: See your data as a graph, with nodes and relationships between them, making it easier to understand and analyze complex data connections.
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Data Insights: By interacting with the graph, uncover patterns, trends, and insights that aren’t easily visible in traditional tabular formats. Explore is designed to make working with graph data more intuitive and insightful by providing a visual and interactive way to analyze and manage your data.
See What is Explore? for more information.
Query
Query is a helpful tool to interact with your data using Cypher, the graph query language.
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Cypher Editor: Where you write Cypher queries and get instant feedback on syntax errors and other helpful advice.
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Result frames: Where query results are displayed as a graph, table, or RAW.
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Query History: A feature that shows previously run queries.
See What is Query? for more information.
Operations
Metrics
Metrics help you monitor and analyze your database’s performance and usage. Some metrics are available directly on the instance card, and you can find the full range in Metrics.
See Metrics for more information.
Project
A project is an organizational grouping for one or more instances. Access, permissions, and billing are managed at the project level.
Users
Users are associated with a project and can have various roles and permissions. New users can be invited from the users' page. From there, you can manage accounts, permissions, and control access levels to ensure secure and appropriate instance use. Individuals can have access to a project for administrative work, or to the instances for data work — you can also assign more specific permissions. See User management for more information.
