apoc.periodic.submit

Procedure APOC Core

apoc.periodic.submit('name',statement,params) - creates a background job which executes a Cypher statement once. The parameter 'params' is optional and can contain query parameters for the Cypher statement

Signature

apoc.periodic.submit(name :: STRING?, statement :: STRING?, params = {} :: MAP?) :: (name :: STRING?, delay :: INTEGER?, rate :: INTEGER?, done :: BOOLEAN?, cancelled :: BOOLEAN?)

Input parameters

Name	Type	Default
name	STRING?	null
statement	STRING?	null
params	MAP?	{}

Name

Type

Default

name

STRING?

null

statement

STRING?

null

params

MAP?

{}

Output parameters

Name	Type
name	STRING?
delay	INTEGER?
rate	INTEGER?
done	BOOLEAN?
cancelled	BOOLEAN?

Name

Type

name

STRING?

delay

INTEGER?

rate

INTEGER?

done

BOOLEAN?

cancelled

BOOLEAN?

Usage Examples

CALL apoc.periodic.submit(
  "create-person",
  "CREATE (:Person {name: 'Michael Hunger'})"
);

Table 1. Results
name	delay	rate	done	cancelled
"create-person"	0	0	FALSE	FALSE