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What is a Node?

A Node is a real-world concept that you want to capture in Galaxy. At an organizational level, Nodes represent the entities that are most important to your business.
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Examples of common node types:
  • Person
  • Customer
  • Order
  • Product
  • Invoice
  • Employee
  • Deal
  • Document

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Representing Data as Nodes

Your connected Sources contain raw data, and a Project structures that raw data as Nodes and Edges. For example:
Raw Data FieldRaw Data ValueNode Concept
customer_id48291Customer
order_idA7123Order
skuPRD-991Product
invoice_numberINV-4402Invoice
employee_emailj.smith@company.comEmployee
Every node in Galaxy includes several layers of information:
1

Label

Ex: John Smith
2

Node Type

Ex: Customer
3

Description

Ex: John Smith is a customer at XYZ Corp and the primary contact associated with their Galaxy enterprise subscription.
4

Properties

Ex: For a Customer node, attributes might include email, signup date, status, region.
5

Provenance

This is how we map back to your sources.
Nodes rarely exist alone. They are connected by Edges, described in detail on the Edges page.