Create a Graph Edge Collection

The Graph Edge collection is a form of document collection. It is used define relationships between two documents by using the _from and _to system attributes and the document _id system attribute.

Different ways to create edge collections are described below.

Web Console

Follow these instructions to create a new collection Graph Edge collection using the GDN console web UI.

1. Log in to your Macrometa account.

2. Click Collections.

3. Click New Collection.

4. Click Graph Edge.

5. Enter information about the collection and then click Create.

   • Collection Name - Required. A unique name to distinguish the collection. Spaces are not allowed.
   • Geo Distribution - Select whether to store data globally or locally.
   • Enable Collection stream - Enable streams for all locations for this collection.
   • Wait for sync - Synchronize to disk before completing document creation or update.

REST API

Use our interactive API Reference with code generation in 18 programming languages to Create a Graph Edge Collection.

CLI

Use the gdnsl collection create CLI command to create a Graph Edge collection.