No one has any suggestions on how to write a query like this?

Do I just find all possible paths and sort on length of path?


On 12/23/2015 11:18 AM, Alan Robertson wrote:
> I want to find the shortest path to any node which has a specific
> property.
>
>                                  +-[:rulemember]->(r="rule1")
>                                 /
> (ruleset1)-[:basedon]->(ruleset2)-[:basedon]->(ruleset3)-[:rulemember]->(r="rule1")
>         \
>          +-[:rulemember]->(r="rule1")
>
> The context is this:
>     This is a set of rules, based on [:basedon] other sets of rules.
>     The rulesets contain member rules [:rulemember].
>     The rule closest to the starting point is the rule that is in effect.
>
> If I want to know which version of rule1 (the one with r="rule1") is
> in effect for ruleset1, then the answer would be the rule1 below the
> line. You get different answers if you give ruleset2 or ruleset3 as
> the starting point.
>
> If the graph looks like the one below and the starting point is
> ruleset1, then the answer should be the "rule1" above the starting line.
>
>                                  +-[:rulemember]->(r="rule1")
>                                 /
> (ruleset1)-[:basedon]->(ruleset2)-[:basedon]->(ruleset3)-[:rulemember]->(r="rule1")
>   
>
>
> This is analogous to a question like "Where is the closest ATM?". I
> want the shortest path to a node with a particular property (i.e.,
> that satisfies a particular predicate).
>             ATM == Cash machine == Geldautomat and no doubt other
> names ;-)
>
>
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