Neo4j

If you have skimmed through some of my other posts on this blog, it’s probably not surprising that I love using Neo4j in my projects. While you certainly can develop and work through your ideas locally, if you are like me, you probably have a few pet projects going at once, some of which you might want to share publicly.

Below is a quick writeup on how I use R and RNeo4j to munge my data and throw “larger” datasets into Neo4j. In short, I am fairly capable in R, so I prefer to use it to do the heavy lifting.

I have been watching the DiagrammeR package for a while now, and at this stage, it’s pretty impressive. I encourage you to take a look at what is possible, but be assured the framework is there to do some really awesome things.

I have been playing with Neo4j quite a bit, mostly for fun as I learn how I figure out when and where I could apply it to solve various analytics problems.

I have been working on a team that is aiming to implement a Salesforce-based CRM solution for Enrollment Management. From the beginning, we had an aggressive timeline, and the project has taken many twists and turns along the way.

Intro The use of graphs to solve business problems is not new, as companies like Amazon, Netflix, and nearly all major social media sites have been doing this for some time.