Query-time analytics on graph queries spanning subgraphs

A server for extending graph queries to refine results prior to transmission, comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processing unit and storing instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to:
• receive, from a user device, a request that includes a graph query comprising criteria to produce a subgraph and an analytic to refine the subgraph produced;
• query a graph database hosted by the server according to the criteria of the graph query to produce the subgraph;
• extend the graph query based on the analytic at a same time the graph database is being queried;
• refine the subgraph based on the analytic;
• and
• return the refined subgraph to the user device.

Computer storage media including instructions, which when executed by a processing unit perform a method for extending graph queries to refine results prior to transmission, the instructions comprising:

• receiving, from a user device at a graph server hosting a graph database that includes a relational graph, a request that includes a graph query comprising criteria to produce a view of the relational graph and an analytic to refine the view produced;
• querying the graph database according to the criteria of the graph query to produce the view;
• extending the graph query based on the analytic at a same time the graph database is being queried;
• refining the view based on the analytic;
• and
• returning the refined view to the user device.