Gds.alpha.degree.write Unknown target node error

[Minyall]

I'm trying to run this query, which is based on the sample code given on the docs for degree centrality

CALL gds.alpha.degree.write({
	nodeQuery: 'MATCH (n:USER)-[:COLLECTED_AT_STEP]->(:STEP {step_val:1}) RETURN id(n) as id',
	relationshipQuery:'MATCH (u1:USER)-[:FOLLOWS]->(u2:USER) RETURN id(u1) AS source, id(u2) AS target',
    writeProperty:'in_degree'
        })

I'm receiving the following error

Failed to invoke procedure 'gds.alpha.degree.write' : Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load relationship with unknown target-node id 1.

I've run both the nodeQuery and the relationshipQuery independently and both resolve fine, so I'm at a bit of a loss as to what is the issue. Many thanks for any advice!

[Joel · Accepted solution]

I believe the error is indicating that the relationshipQuery returned a node that is not present in the nodeQuery results, right?

You'll notice that in the example they are sending in literally every node for nodeQuery

MATCH (u:User) RETURN id(u) AS id

I don't imagine you have to do that, but it does appear that all the nodes referenced in the relationship query must need to be present in nodeQuery, if I read the error text correctly.

Failed to load relationship with unknown target-node id 1

[Minyall]

Ah! OK I get it. I was thinking of the node query as a filter, i.e. First select the nodes that the relationship query will then use, whereas actually I should be doing that filtering stage in the relationship query itself.

Thanks this was very helpful!

[mark_needham]

You can set validateRelationships:false to have it ignore missing relationships.

See the syntax section here - https://neo4j.com/docs/graph-data-science/current/management-ops/cypher-projection/#cypher-projectio...