DSE Graph data types

Describes the DSE Graph data types.

DSE Graph has many data types that are aligned with CQL data types. For search indexes, see the relationship between DSE Graph and Solr data types.

Table 1. DSE Graph Data Types
DSE Graph Data Type Description Schema example
bigint 64-bit signed long schema.propertyKey('big_number').Bigint().create()
blob Arbitrary bytes (no validation), expressed as base64 strings
graph.addVertex(T.label, 'answer', 'blob', '42');
schema.propertyKey('serial_string').Blob().create()
boolean True or false schema.propertyKey('alive').Boolean().create()
date Date, in the format of '1940' or '1940-01-01'. schema.propertyKey('review_date').Date().create()
decimal Variable-precision decimal
Note: When dealing with currency, DataStax recommends a currency class that serializes to and from an int or use of the decimal data type.
schema.propertyKey('book_price').Decimal().create()
double 64-bit IEEE-754 floating point schema.propertyKey('stars').Double().create()
duration Time duration in milliseconds schema.propertyKey('until').Duration().create()
float 32-bit IEEE-754 floating point schema.propertyKey('precise').Float().create()
inet IP address string in IPv4 or IPv6 format, used by the python-cql driver and CQL native protocols schema.propertyKey('website_ip').Inet().create()
int 32-bit signed integer schema.propertyKey('age').Int().create()
linestring Used for geospatial and Cartesian linestrings (double .... points)

schema.propertyKey('road').Linestring().withGeoBounds().create() (geospatial)

schema.propertyKey('road').Linestring().withBounds(-1, -1, 1, 1).create() (Cartesian)

point Used for geospatial and Cartesian points (double x, double y); note that this corresponds to longitude/latitude, in that order, for mapping geospatial points.

schema.propertyKey('coordinates').Point().withGeoBounds().create() (geospatial)

schema.propertyKey('coordinates').Point().withBounds(-1, -1, 1, 1).create() (Cartesian)

polygon Used for geospatial and Cartesian polygons (double .... points)

schema.propertyKey('block).Polygon().withGeoBounds().create() (geospatial)

schema.propertyKey('block').Polygon().withBounds(-1, -1, 1, 1).create() (Cartesian)

smallint 2 byte integer schema.propertyKey('age').Smallint().create()
text String or UTF-8 encoded string schema.propertyKey('name').Text().create()
time Time in the format of '10:00:00' or '10:00'. schema.propertyKey('time').Time().create()
timestamp Date, or date plus time, encoded as 8 bytes since epoch. The timestamp data type must be specified as a valid DSE database :
johnDoe.addEdge('rated', beefBourguignon, 
  'timestamp', '2014-01-01T00:00:00.00Z', 
  'stars', 5, 
  'comment', 'Pretty tasty!')
schema.propertyKey('mealCreationDate').Timestamp().create()
uuid A UUID in standard UUID format or timeuuid format schema.propertyKey('person_id').Uuid().create()
varint Arbitrary-precision integer schema.propertyKey('number').Varint().create()