Change the db format of loaded dump file

Neo4j Graph Platform Import / Export
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Hello!
I want to export my database and load it into Docker, however I got stuck at this error:

Failed to load database 'neo4j': Block format detected for database neo4j but unavailable in this edition.

My database is in enteprise format but Docker image is in community edition format, I assume.

And I just could not find a way how to make my dump file community-like and moreover, I am not sure whether it is possible. I read this thread Error Importing dump file but I am not a bit more sure than before reading it…

I use Neo4j Desktop 2.0.3, version 2025.07.1 for the database in the app, Windows 11, and neo4j:latest image (which is something like 5.26).

If you could provide me some instructions how to export my database in aligned format or how to upload it in this format, I would be very thankful.

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@janmalyy

Correct. Neo4j Community edition does not support block format.

You could presumably convert to a format community edition recognizes by 1st copy the database to a new name and new format and via

and specifying --to-format=aligned then dump this new database and then finally load into community edition

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Thanks for the quick and accurate response.

Just a point, if anybody encouters the same issue: The copy command is only available in enterprise edition so you have to do the copy and new dump commands locally, not in docker, and only after that, you load the new database to docker.

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