apoc.schema.properties.distinct
Procedure

This procedure is not considered safe to run from multiple threads. It is therefore not supported by the parallel runtime. For more information, see the Cypher Manual → Parallel runtime.
Prior to the release of APOC 2025.07, this procedure was restricted on on-premise instances. To use it on an older version, it must be unrestricted. For more details, see Installation → Load and unrestrict.

Details
Syntax	`apoc.schema.properties.distinct(label, key) :: (value)`
Description	Returns all distinct `NODE` property values for the given key.
Input arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`label`	`STRING`	The node label to find distinct properties on.
	`key`	`STRING`	The name of the property to find distinct values of.
Return arguments	Name	Type	Description
Return arguments	`value`	`LIST<ANY>`	The list of distinct values for the given property.

Usage Examples

The examples in this section are based on the following sample graph:

CREATE (:Person {name: "Michael"});
CREATE (:Person {name: "Ryan"});

CALL apoc.schema.properties.distinct("Person", "name");

Results
value
["Michael", "Ryan"]