Changes in This Release for This Guide

The following changes apply to property graph support that is shipped with Oracle Graph Server and Client.

Oracle Graph Server and Client is required for using the property graph feature of Oracle AI Database or earlier Oracle Database versions (see Oracle Graph Server and Client Installation), and is released four times a year.

New Features in Oracle Graph Server and Client 26.1

Features That Work With Oracle AI Database 26ai and Prior Oracle Database Releases

  • Added support for oraclegraph, a custom Jupyter widget library for graph visualization in a Jupyter notebook interface.

    See Getting Started with the Graph Visualization Extension in Jupyter Environments more information.

  • Added support for controlling the hop count value when expanding on a graph vertex in the Graph Visualization application.

    See Expand for more information.

  • Added support for style interpolation in the Graph Visualization application.

    See Figure 25-26 for more information.

  • Added support for applying custom shapes for vertices through styling options.

    See Figure 25-25 for more information.

  • Added support for schema visualization for PGQL property graphs.

    See Visualizing the Schema of a PGQL Property Graph for more information.

  • Enhanced JSON rendering to support a more user-friendly format in the Graph Visualization application.

    See Figure 5-2 for an example.

  • Added support for the expand action, style editing in the legend panel, and Edge Marker configuration in General Settings in the SQL Developer Graph Visualization extension for VS Code.

    See Getting Started with the Graph Visualization Extension for VS Code for more information.