I Want to Do I want to query for a set of nodes, and then assign those nodes as the target of new edges. What I Did I run an upsert like this: upsert { query { p1 as var(func: eq(xid, "EXT_ID")) @recurse { child as children } } mutation { set { uid(p1) <ecosystem> …

[image] Pepo: a new empty node is created That’s the upsert behave. If you wanna more control you should use Conditional Upsert .

Upsert creates an empty node when query variable is empty

MichelDiz (Michel Diz) February 3, 2021, 10:27pm 2

That’s the upsert behave. If you wanna more control you should use Conditional Upsert.

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