Set properties connected to a node. We could add a trigger that when is added a specific property on a node, that property is added to all the nodes connected to this node

Dataset

CREATE (d:Person {name:'Daniel'})
CREATE (l:Person {name:'Mary'})
CREATE (t:Person {name:'Tom'})
CREATE (j:Person {name:'John'})
CREATE (m:Person {name:'Michael'})
CREATE (a:Person {name:'Anne'})
CREATE (l)-[:DAUGHTER_OF]->(d)
CREATE (t)-[:SON_OF]->(d)
CREATE (t)-[:BROTHER]->(j)
CREATE (a)-[:WIFE_OF]->(d)
CREATE (d)-[:SON_OF]->(m)
CREATE (j)-[:SON_OF]->(d)

Now we add the trigger using apoc.trigger.propertiesByKey on the surname property

CALL apoc.trigger.add('setAllConnectedNodes','UNWIND apoc.trigger.propertiesByKey({assignedNodeProperties},"surname") as prop
WITH prop.node as n
MATCH(n)-[]-(a)
SET a.surname = n.surname', {phase:'after'});

So when we add the surname property on a node, it’s added to all the nodes connected (in this case one level deep)

MATCH (d:Person {name:'Daniel'})
SET d.surname = 'William'

The surname property is add/change on all related nodes

Update labels. Dataset

CREATE (k:Actor {name:'Keanu Reeves'})
CREATE (l:Actor {name:'Laurence Fishburne'})
CREATE (c:Actor {name:'Carrie-Anne Moss'})
CREATE (m:Movie {title:'Matrix'})
CREATE (k)-[:ACT_IN]->(m)
CREATE (l)-[:ACT_IN]->(m)
CREATE (c)-[:ACT_IN]->(m)

We add a trigger using apoc.trigger.nodesByLabel that when the label Actor of a node is removed, update all labels Actor with Person

CALL apoc.trigger.add('updateLabels',"UNWIND apoc.trigger.nodesByLabel({removedLabels},'Actor') AS node
MATCH (n:Actor)
REMOVE n:Actor SET n:Person SET node:Person", {phase:'before'})

MATCH(k:Actor {name:'Keanu Reeves'})
REMOVE k:Actor

Create relationship on a new node. We can add a trigger that connect every new node with label Actor and as name property a specific value

CALL apoc.trigger.add('create-rel-new-node',"UNWIND {createdNodes} AS n
MATCH (m:Movie {title:'Matrix'})
WHERE n:Actor AND n.name IN ['Keanu Reeves','Laurence Fishburne','Carrie-Anne Moss']
CREATE (n)-[:ACT_IN]->(m)", {phase:'before'})

CREATE (k:Actor {name:'Keanu Reeves'})
CREATE (l:Actor {name:'Laurence Fishburne'})
CREATE (c:Actor {name:'Carrie-Anne Moss'})
CREATE (a:Actor {name:'Tom Hanks'})
CREATE (m:Movie {title:'Matrix'})

Pause trigger. We have the possibility to pause a trigger without remove it, if we will need it in the future

Resume paused trigger. When you need again of a trigger paused

Enforcing property type. For this example, we would like that all the reference node properties are of type STRING

CALL apoc.trigger.add("forceStringType",
"UNWIND apoc.trigger.propertiesByKey({assignedNodeProperties}, 'reference') AS prop
CALL apoc.util.validate(apoc.meta.type(prop) <> 'STRING', 'expected string property type, got %s', [apoc.meta.type(prop)]) RETURN null", {phase:'before'})

CREATE (a:Node) SET a.reference = 1

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Other examples. 

CALL apoc.trigger.add('timestamp','UNWIND {createdNodes} AS n SET n.ts = timestamp()');
CALL apoc.trigger.add('lowercase','UNWIND {createdNodes} AS n SET n.id = toLower(n.name)');
CALL apoc.trigger.add('txInfo',   'UNWIND {createdNodes} AS n SET n.txId = {transactionId}, n.txTime = {commitTime}', {phase:'after'});
CALL apoc.trigger.add('count-removed-rels','MATCH (c:Counter) SET c.count = c.count + size([r IN {deletedRelationships} WHERE type(r) = "X"])')
CALL apoc.trigger.add('lowercase-by-label','UNWIND apoc.trigger.nodesByLabel({assignedLabels},'Person') AS n SET n.id = toLower(n.name)')