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title Nodes
description Representing entities in Galaxy

What is a Node?

A Node is a real-world concept that you want to capture in Galaxy. At an organizational level, Nodes represent the entities that are most important to your business.

![Node Still](/images/node-still.png)

Examples of common node types:

  • Person
  • Customer
  • Order
  • Product
  • Invoice
  • Employee
  • Deal
  • Document

Representing Data as Nodes

Your connected Sources contain raw data, and a Project structures that raw data as Nodes and Edges.

For example:

Raw Data Field Raw Data Value Node Concept
customer_id 48291 Customer
order_id A7123 Order
sku PRD-991 Product
invoice_number INV-4402 Invoice
employee_email j.smith@company.com Employee

Every node in Galaxy includes several layers of information:

Ex: John Smith Ex: Customer Ex: John Smith is a customer at XYZ Corp and the primary contact associated with their Galaxy enterprise subscription. Ex: For a Customer node, attributes might include email, signup date, status, region. This is how we map back to your sources.

Nodes rarely exist alone. They are connected by Edges, described in detail on the Edges page.