Filtering SHOW results

Goals
This guide shows how to better utilize results of the `SHOW` command.
Prerequisites
You should be familiar with managing databases. You should also be familiar with the commands to Docs: Manage Users.

Beginner

SHOW commands in Neo4j 4.0

In Neo4j 4.0, we introduced these commands to help you manage a Neo4j instance and users. Note that in 4.0, these commands had to be issued from the system database.

SHOW DATABASES
SHOW DATABASE [DEFAULT DATABASE] | [<database-name>]
SHOW USERS
SHOW USER <user-name>
SHOW [ALL | POPULATED] ROLES [WITH USERS}
SHOW ROLE <role-name> PRIVILEGES
SHOW PRIVILEGES

Using SHOW commands in Neo4j 4.1

In 4.1, these commands have been enhanced so you can filter results to display. You can specify specific columns that you want to return or filter. In addition, you need not run these commands using the system database.

For example:

SHOW DATABASES
YIELD name, currentStatus
WHERE name CONTAINS 'test' AND currentStatus = 'online';
Using SHOW DATABASES

Here is another example:

SHOW ROLE reader PRIVILEGES
YIELD access, resource, segment, action
WHERE access = 'GRANTED'  AND action = 'match';
Using SHOW ROLES

Resources

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