--- title: "Neo4j Virtual Graph on BigQuery. Explore how to query and visualise…" url: https://daily.dev/posts/neo4j-virtual-graph-on-bigquery-explore-how-to-query-and-visualise--t6fijmp1p source_url: https://medium.com/neo4j/deep-dive-neo4j-virtual-graph-on-bigquery-ed7932a1bff2 type: article source: "neo4j" published: 2026-07-07T11:36:06.651Z updated: 2026-07-07T11:36:32.091Z tags: ["architecture", "google-bigquery", "neo4j"] reading_time: 26 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Neo4j Virtual Graph on BigQuery. Explore how to query and visualise… **[neo4j](https://daily.dev/sources/neo4j)** · 26 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Neo4j Virtual Graphs (released June 2026 as a preview) let you query BigQuery data using Cypher and visualize it as a graph without any ETL. The post walks through setting up the IMDB dataset (~100M rows) in BigQuery, creating a graph model in Neo4j Aura, and running both a native Neo4j instance and a Virtual Graph instance side by side. It demonstrates finding the Bacon number using Cypher's SHORTEST path on native Neo4j and Dijkstra's algorithm via GDS Sessions on the Virtual Graph. Performance comparisons show both approaches complete fixed-length traversal queries in seconds for this dataset. The post also covers inspecting the generated SQL via EXPLAIN, optimizing the graph model with dedicated labels and relationship types, and using BigQuery's native GQL graph support as an alternative. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Introducing BigQuery Graph](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-bigquery-graph-tig40l393) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Graph and Lakehouse, Friends at Last](https://daily.dev/posts/graph-and-lakehouse-friends-at-last-yaocogzdk) · neo4j · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Modeling a digital twin using BigQuery Graph](https://daily.dev/posts/modeling-a-digital-twin-using-bigquery-graph-kwlgdhpi2) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Using BigQuery Graph with Kineviz GraphXR](https://daily.dev/posts/using-bigquery-graph-with-kineviz-graphxr-srgtlqier) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Graph used right & built fast: Neo4j at HackwithBay 3.0](https://daily.dev/posts/graph-used-right-built-fast-neo4j-at-hackwithbay-3-0-zb1wg0puz) · neo4j · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#google-bigquery](https://daily.dev/tags/google-bigquery), [#neo4j](https://daily.dev/tags/neo4j) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/neo4j-virtual-graph-on-bigquery-explore-how-to-query-and-visualise--t6fijmp1p)