Graph/Label Filtering for Queries

[chrisrichard]

Background: https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/access-control-in-dgraph/1513

We're hoping to use labels to partition statements into different graphs and then be able to run queries against different subsets of the overall graph by passing a list of one or more labels along with a query. We think this is generally useful but our main use-case is implementing a flexible access control scheme.

[manishrjain]

We can implement label filtering in Dgraph. Potentially in v0.9.

[abbas-zaidi]

My use case is similar: I am using dgraph to store nodes/edges corresponding to different business use cases. Like one set of nodes/edges for fraud detection and another set for recommendations. So i was looking for a way to logically group these nodes/edges like we have schema objects in Oracle.

[jimanvlad]

Label filtering would also be useful in our use case.

[manishrjain]

Lately, the thought process is to move away from labels entirely. We're working on ACLs but at the predicate level. Also, using labels for multi-tenancy isn't being considered either. Unless there are some strong use cases for labels, we'll close this issue.