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  • January 16, 2026
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Marwen TALEB
MVP

Hello, 

 

Today if we reference a node in a data model instance to create a relationship between two nodes, the referenced node existance is not validated at insertion level. In order to enforce data quality, do you envision to add a “strict mode” at the DMS level that checks for referenced node existence before creating the reference?   

i.e:

Running this query results in a successful transformation run

select
'test' as externalId,
'test' as space,
node_reference('space', 'external_id_that_does_not_exist') as Child,
from
staging_table

Thanks!

4 replies

Mithila Jayalath
Seasoned Practitioner
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@James De Silva will you be able to help out here?


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  • January 27, 2026

Hi ​@Marwen TALEB 

 

thanks for your feedback. Indeed, there was an initial decision to enable auto-creation of start node and end node when writing edges, as well as other direct relation properties. This was done for an easier data onboarding, so users ingesting data for the first time would have an easier time with a single transformation.

However, we see the addition of an option to disable auto-creation as a valuable feature, and have it in the backlog for service improvements  


Marwen TALEB
MVP
  • Author
  • MVP
  • January 27, 2026

Super ​@JaimeSilva , could you transform this question to a product feature request please? Thanks


Mithila Jayalath
Seasoned Practitioner
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@Marwen TALEB I’ll convert this to a product idea.