# GDS 1.6 Preview is now available! **URL:** \ **Category:** Graph Data Science / Graph Analytics\ **Created:** [May 20, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625 "2021-05-20T22:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alicia\_frame1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/alicia_frame1/32/6998_2.png) [@alicia\_frame1](https://community.neo4j.com/u/alicia_frame1)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625/1 "2021-05-20T22:43:31Z")
The GDS 1.6 preview release has been published! Currently available on [Github](https://github.com/neo4j/graph-data-science/releases/tag/1.6.0-alpha07)and our [download center.](https://neo4j.com/download-center/#algorithms)There are a **ton** of new features in this pre-release, and you should[read the release notes](https://neo4j.com/graph-data-science-1-6-0-preview-release-notes/) to see all of them, but some of the highlights are: - Degree centrality, article rank, eigenvector centrality, A\*, yen's k shortest paths, dijkstra single source, and dijkstra source target have _all_ been promoted to the product tier - Node2Vec has been promoted to the beta tier and now supports weights, seeding, and `mutate` mode - [Scaler procedures](https://neo4j.com/docs/graph-data-science/1.6-preview/alpha-algorithms/scale-properties/#algorithms-scale-properties) have been added to the library to support min-max, max, lean, log, standard score, l1 norm, and l2 norm scaling - [Subgraph filtering](https://neo4j.com/docs/graph-data-science/1.6-preview/alpha-algorithms/scale-properties/#algorithms-scale-properties) has been added to the library so that you can create a new in-memory graph by filtering properties in an existing one - [Two new centrality algorithms](https://neo4j.com/docs/graph-data-science/1.6-preview/algorithms/influence-maximization/) for influence maximization, contributed by community member [xkitsios](https://github.com/xkitsios): `gds.alpha.influenceMaximization.celf.stream` and `gds.alpha.inffluenceMaximization.greedy.stream` - Link prediction and node classification now support: saving, loading, and publishing models, `predict.stream` and `predict.write modes` - Improved RBAC support for GDS enterprise users, enabling admins to view, use, and drop other user's graphs - ....as well as a ton of other smaller features, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Test it out and [let us know what you think](https://github.com/neo4j/graph-data-science/issues) - GA is May 27! (just a note: we don't make preview releases available on desktop, so you'll want to manually install the plug in if you're testing it there) ---
**Author:** ![andy\_hegedus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/andy_hegedus/32/18744_2.png) [@andy\_hegedus](https://community.neo4j.com/u/andy_hegedus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625/2 "2021-06-08T15:32:01Z")
Hi, You mention a general availability date of May 27. Is that the case? I would like to install it onto my desktop version, but I am only seeing version 1.5.2. Andy ---
**Author:** ![alicia\_frame1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/alicia_frame1/32/6998_2.png) [@alicia\_frame1](https://community.neo4j.com/u/alicia_frame1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625/3 "2021-06-08T16:48:13Z")
@andy_hegedus It should show up - what version of Neo4j are you loading in desktop? I tested it, and it looks like GDS 1.6 will populate automatically for the newest version of Neo4j (4.2.7) but 1.5 shows up for earlier releases. If you have an existing db, and want to upgrade the plug in, you can download 1.6 from our [download center](https://neo4j.com/download-center/#algorithms) and manually add it by slecting `Manage` -\> `Open Folder` -\> Plugins, and adding it there. ---
**Author:** ![andy\_hegedus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/andy_hegedus/32/18744_2.png) [@andy\_hegedus](https://community.neo4j.com/u/andy_hegedus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625/4 "2021-06-08T18:10:32Z")
Hi Alicia, The upgrade to 4.2.7 was the trick. All good now and playing with normalization scalars in PageRank algorithm. That is what was the driver. Andy ---
**Author:** ![jonathansholmes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jonathansholmes/32/14341_2.png) [@jonathansholmes](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jonathansholmes)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625/5 "2021-06-09T08:14:24Z")
Hi I am running 4.2.6 database. GDS installs without error. Has the following request on run checks: _This application uses the apoc.meta.schema procedure, which is currently unavailable because it is sandboxed and has dependencies outside of the sandbox. Sandboxing is controlled by the dbms.security.procedures.unrestricted setting ._ _You can add the following entry to your Neo4j configuration file to allow access:_ _dbms.security.procedures.unrestricted=,jwt.security._,gds.\*,apoc.\*\* I edited the settings file acordingly with no joy. I have uninstalled and re-installed. Any further tweaks I should consider? KInd regards Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![alicia\_frame1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/alicia_frame1/32/6998_2.png) [@alicia\_frame1](https://community.neo4j.com/u/alicia_frame1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625/6 "2021-06-09T14:01:07Z")
@jonathansholmes you want to set both: - `dbms.security.procedures.unrestricted=gds.*` **and** - `dbms.security.procedures.whitelist=gds.*` We've got a walk through of the installation [here](https://neo4j.com/docs/graph-data-science/current/installation/#_neo4j_desktop), but please let me know if you have further problems! ---
**Author:** ![jonathansholmes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jonathansholmes/32/14341_2.png) [@jonathansholmes](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jonathansholmes)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625/7 "2021-06-10T08:52:10Z")
Hi Alicia. Thank you. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/3X/f/6/f69a8a7e419054079513b1ae13b093d287ef83d8.png) I have 'allowlist' instead of 'whitelist'. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/3X/c/2/c22d0dd065072b3918ade869cd3507f101b86a23.png) I will go through the install procedure as defined and revert later today with any results. Edit. I always end up here: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/3X/c/b/cb27e5326b6245287bc05e7435a5aba51ca5bb23.jpeg) I will look to duplicate issue on another machine. That will take some time and I will update tomorrow morning. Be well. Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![jonathansholmes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jonathansholmes/32/14341_2.png) [@jonathansholmes](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jonathansholmes)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/gds-1-6-preview-is-now-available/38625/8 "2021-06-10T10:15:04Z")
Hi Alicia I have the exact issue on a Windows Machine. Also running latest version of neo4J Desktop and GDS with a 4.2.6 database. Security configs are like this on both machines: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/neo4jcommunity/original/3X/9/5/9549bba99b36ebb4a00cb0b13d5b2b856256f2de.png) Those configs should allow GDS to function. Any advice on next steps would be appreciated. There is no immediate urgency. I will kill one of the machines and re-install, etc. Any success I will post here. Regards Jonathan I also checked here and all seems well. [https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/security/securing-extensions/](https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/security/securing-extensions/)