Map

The map report will render all returned nodes, relationships and paths on a geomap. Open Street Map is used to visualize the data on the map.

Map visualizations work best with Neo4j Spatial Data. Make sure that the nodes in your database have their locations stored as a spatial property.

Customizations are available to change several parts of the visualization, including the label for each node as well as the colors and sizes of the markers/lines. The nodes can also automatically cluster together and expand depending on the level of zoom. A heatmap mode is also available.

Examples

Nodes on a map

Note that the nodes returned here have spatial properties on them, so they can be visualized on a map.

MATCH (b:Brewery)
RETURN b
Basic Map

Nodes and relationships on a map

MATCH (b:Brewery)-[e]->(b2:Brewery)
RETURN b, e, b2
Relationships on a Map

Clustered nodes on a map

MATCH (b:Brewery)
RETURN b
Clustered nodes on a map

Heatmap

MATCH (b:Brewery)
RETURN b
Heatmap

Artificial map data

By returning a dictionary instead of a node directly, you can work around the visualization expecting nodes and relationships directly.

MATCH (l1:Location)<--(a:Person),
      (a:Person)-[:KNOWS]-(b:Person),
      (b:Person)-->(l2:Location)
RETURN {id: a.name, label: "Person", point: l1.point},
       {id: b.name, label: "Person", point: l2.point},
       {start: a.name, end: b.name, type: "KNOWS", id: 1}
Artificial Map Data

Advanced Settings

Name Type Default Value Description

Layer Type

List

markers

Allows you to choose between the standard map with markers, or a heatmap.

Cluster markers

on/off

off

Whether to automatically cluster and expand the markers on the map.

Node Color Scheme

List

neodash

The color scheme to use for the node labels. Colors are assigned automatically (consequitevely) to the different labels returned by the Cypher query.

Node Marker Size

List

large

The size of the markers for the nodes on the map. One of [small, medium, large].

Node Color Property

Text

color

Optionally, the name of the node property to map to the node color. This lets you define colors on a node-specific level, if you have a property that directly maps to the HTML color value.

Relationship Color

Text

#a0a0a0

The color used for drawing the relationships on the map.

Relationship Width

Text

1

The (default) width of the relationships on the map.

Relationship Color Property

Text

color

Optionally, the name of the relationship property to map to the relationship color. This lets you define colors on a relationship-specific level, if you have a property that directly maps to the HTML color value.

Relationship Width Property

Text

width

Optionally, the name of the relationship property to map to the arrow width. This lets you define widths on a relationship-specific level, if you have a property that directly maps to the width value.

Intensity Property (for heatmap)

Text

intensity

Optionally, and only for heatmaps, the node property to use as the intensity of that point on the heatmap. If left empty, all points will have the same intensity of 1. If one of the nodes in the results doesn’t have the specific property, its intensity will be set to 0.

Hide Property Selection

on/off

off

If enabled, hides the property selector (footer of the visualization).

Auto-run query

on/off

on

when activated automatically runs the query when the report is displayed. When set to `off', the query is displayed and will need to be executed manually.

Report Description

markdown text

When specified, adds another button the report header that opens a pop-up. This pop-up contains the rendered markdown from this setting.

Rule-Based Styling

Using the Rule-Based Styling menu, the following style rules can be applied to the map:

  • The color of a node marker.