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I've recently started using neo4j and read the corresponding discussions about how to handle time based data, although I will admit that I need to study it in more depth. My problem is that I want to build a graph by taking snapshots at a fixed time interval, and then build the corresponding graph based on those time intervals. So , for example in time t3 I want to be able to see the "active" nodes with edges at this point in time, however I want to keep all the information about the inactive nodes and the relationships that occurred in the past.

Is there a proposed approach for achieving this, since I am not interested in handling time information with too much detail (not interested in hours,minutes,etc), only interested for a fixed interval.

Thanks

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a simple solution can be to use timestamps on the edges as described on Ian Robinson's blog post about Time-based versioned Graphs in the Neo4J site.

On top of that where I work we published a blog post on how to visualize the new time-based structure, which shows a slightly different representation than the one in the Neo4J browser, with a timebar navigation component as well.

While the blog post is for our product I think it can stil gives the general idea on how to handle such complex visualization.

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@Michael, if you have any additional information or resources I would like to see them. Thanks

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