Connect to Neo4J Data in Aqua Data Studio

The CData JDBC Driver for Neo4J integrates Neo4J data with wizards and analytics in IDEs like Aqua Data Studio. This article shows how to connect to Neo4J data through the connection manager and execute queries.

Create a JDBC Data Source

You can use the connection manager to define connection properties and save them in a new JDBC data source. The Neo4J data source can then be accessed from Aqua Data Studio tools.

1. In Aqua Data Studio, select Register Server from the Servers menu.
2. In the Register Server form, select the 'Generic - JDBC' connection.
3. Enter the following JDBC connection properties:
   • Name: Enter a name for the data source; for example, Neo4J.
   • Driver Location: Click the Browse button and select the cdata.jdbc.neo4j.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
   • Driver: Enter the Driver's class name, cdata.jdbc.neo4j.Neo4jDriver.

   • URL: Enter the JDBC URL, which starts with jdbc:neo4j: and is followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.

     To connect to Neo4j, set the following connection properties:

     • Server: The server hosting the Neo4j instance.
     • Port: The port on which the Neo4j service is running. The provider connects to port 7474 by default.
     • User: The username of the user using the Neo4j instance.
     • Password: The password of the user using the Neo4j instance.

     Built-in Connection String Designer

     For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Neo4J JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.neo4j.jar

     Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

     A typical JDBC URL is below:
     jdbc:neo4j:Server=localhost;Port=7474;User=my_user;Password=my_password;

Query Neo4J Data

You can now query the tables exposed.