which is Better : relationship vs node

[Navrattan Yadav]

hi . i am using Neo4j 2.0.3 version.

 i am working on a DB where we need to track user path based on some fixed location.

like which location is most visited.

so what i am doing : 

1. Each user has unique node.

2. Each location has unique node.

when user traverse a location then which is better option :

 1. create a relation b/w location node and user node . relation name is : username_time :  so when ever a user traverse a location a new relation is created.

  or 

 2. create a node new node which has user info and location info and time. so when ever a user traverse a location a new node is created.

   or 

any better idea...  Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.

[Michael Hunger]

Depends on your use-case, what do you want to do with the data? If you just want to store the fact that the user was there a relationship is good enough. If the actual visit is a really important concept in your domain that also other things are linked to and which has its own identity then a node would be better.

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[Navrattan Yadav]

From data i want to calculate : 

1. which location is most visited by user.

2. which path is most visited by users

3. also need  track  a user : path or location visited by him.

4. Also need to track how muck time a user spent on a location

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Navrattan Yadav

[Michael Hunger]

Perhaps you can start by modelling that in a GraphGist with Cypher Queries for the use-cases. And then we can discuss it on these concrete examples?

See: http://www.neo4j.org/learn/graphgist

And gist.neo4j.org -> examples list on the right

[Navrattan Yadav]

thanks Michael . After creating Model i will share