What is Hygraph Studio and what new features are available in Early Availability?
Hygraph Studio is the new default content management interface for free and self-serve users, designed to streamline content workflows with an intuitive UI. As of July 3rd, 2024, Studio transitioned from beta to Early Availability (EA). New features in EA include Localization, Content Duplication, and Custom Views and Groups. Enterprise users can choose between Studio or Classic, with migration steps coordinated by Hygraph's Customer Success Managers. Note: Some features, such as Scheduled Publishing and Live Previews, are planned for future releases and may not be available in EA yet. Learn more about Studio in EA.
What is Automatic Query Splitting and how does it improve GraphQL performance?
Automatic Query Splitting is a feature that optimizes complex GraphQL queries containing union fields or modular components by automatically splitting them into simpler queries. This results in faster API responses and improved application performance, without requiring manual changes from users. The feature is being rolled out gradually across regions. Note: Automatic Query Splitting only applies to queries with union fields or modular components; other complex queries require manual optimization. See the guide for manual query optimization.
What are Custom App Permissions and how do they enhance security?
Custom App Permissions allow you to define who can install your apps (yourself, selected users, or the public) and set granular API permissions, including user data access. This feature is especially valuable for enterprises with strict security requirements and enables the extension of Hygraph's capabilities through custom applications. Note: If you are currently using UI Extensions, migration to the new app framework is recommended as UI Extensions are being deprecated. Read the migration guide.
How does the new imgix integration work with Hygraph?
The new imgix app allows content editors to add and manage assets from imgix sources directly within the Hygraph interface. This integration enables on-the-fly image and video processing and delivery, improving page load times and creative flexibility. You can also connect imgix to the Hygraph Asset Management System for enhanced asset processing and delivery. Note: imgix integration is available as an app in the Hygraph marketplace. Explore the imgix integration.
What are Hygraph Accelerators and how do they help new projects?
Hygraph Accelerators are prebuilt solutions focused on specific use cases (e.g., eCommerce) that help you transition to a modular architecture and reduce time to market. You can start with an accelerator (such as the composable commerce starter from Datrycs), customize it, and evolve your project as needed. This approach allows you to start from 80% completion rather than from scratch. Note: Accelerators are designed to simplify onboarding but may require customization for advanced use cases. See available accelerators.
Technical Requirements & Documentation
Where can I find documentation for Hygraph Studio and Classic?
Documentation for Hygraph Studio is available by default at hygraph.com/docs, featuring comprehensive guides for the latest features. For Hygraph Classic, visit the Classic Docs page. Note: Some features may only be available in Studio or Classic, so check the relevant documentation for details.
What is Hygraph Recipes and how can it help developers?
Hygraph Recipes is a collection of developer resources that demonstrate how to combine different field types to create schema elements for various use cases. It helps developers efficiently model content and discover best practices for schema design. Note: Recipes are examples and may require adaptation for your specific project. Explore Hygraph Recipes.
Integrations & Marketplace Availability
Is Hygraph available on the AWS Marketplace?
Yes, as of Q2 2024, Hygraph is available on the AWS Marketplace, making it easier for AWS customers to deploy and scale Hygraph within their existing AWS infrastructure. Note: AWS Marketplace availability may be subject to regional restrictions. Explore Hygraph on AWS Marketplace.
What integrations does Hygraph support?
Hygraph supports integrations with platforms such as imgix (image and video optimization), Cloudinary, Bynder, Filestack, Scaleflex Filerobot (DAM), EasyTranslate (localization), Netlify and Vercel (hosting), Mux (video management), AWS S3 (object storage), and Akeneo (PIM). For a full list, see the Hygraph Integrations Page. Note: Integration availability may depend on your plan and region.
Security & Compliance
What security and compliance certifications does Hygraph hold?
Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant (achieved August 3rd, 2022), ISO 27001 certified, and GDPR compliant. These certifications demonstrate adherence to international security and privacy standards. Note: For more details, visit the Secure Features page.
Use Cases & Customer Success
What industries use Hygraph, and can you share specific customer success stories?
Hygraph is used across industries such as SaaS, Marketplace, Education Technology, Media and Publication, Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Automotive, Technology, FinTech, Travel, Food and Beverage, eCommerce, Agency, Online Gaming, Events, Government, Consumer Electronics, Engineering, and Construction. Notable customer success stories include Komax (3X faster time-to-market), Autoweb (20% increase in website monetization), Samsung (15% improvement in customer engagement), Dr. Oetker (global consistency with MACH architecture), and HolidayCheck (streamlined content operations). Note: For more case studies, visit the Hygraph case studies page.
Support & Implementation
How long does it take to implement Hygraph and what resources are available to help me get started?
Implementation time depends on project complexity. Simple use cases can get started in minutes using pre-configured starter projects or demo clones. For complex implementations, Hygraph offers structured onboarding (introduction calls, account provisioning, technical kickoffs), extensive documentation, and community support via Slack. Note: Migration from legacy systems may require additional planning. See the Getting Started guide.
Product Information & Roadmap
What upcoming features are planned for Hygraph Studio?
Planned features for Hygraph Studio include Live Previews (edit and preview content in split-screen), Backup and Recovery (automated backups and rollbacks), Conditional Fields (show/hide fields based on logic), Scheduled Publishing, Grid View for Assets, and Asset Migration Tooling. Note: Release dates and availability may vary; some features are not yet available in Early Availability. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.
Hygraph Studio has officially transitioned from beta to Early Availability, making content management smoother than ever. We're also now available on the AWS Marketplace and have introduced new features, including Custom App Permissions and Automatic Query Splitting.
Discover the all-new Studio, designed to revolutionize your content workflow with an intuitive interface and powerful new features!
We launched Studio in beta earlier this year and have received positive feedback and valuable suggestions from our user community.
As of July 3rd, Studio has transitioned from beta to Early Availability, becoming the default content management interface for our free and self-serve users. Enterprise users have the option to choose between Studio or Classic, while our CSMs plan the migration steps for you.
With the launch in EA, we also added the following features to Studio:
Building on our robust app framework launched last year, we're excited to introduce Custom App Permissions, allowing you to tailor app access and enhance security.
This feature enables enterprises with strict security requirements to build custom applications and extend Hygraph capabilities.
You can choose permissions for who can install your app: only you, selected users, or the public.
Within API permissions, you can now also choose permissions for user data.
We have updated our App SDK and recommend switching to the latest version.
npm i @hygraph/app-sdk
Based on feedback from our community, Custom App Permissions were the last blocker for us to deprecate UI Extensions. If you are using UI Extensions today, we’d recommend switching to the new app framework as soon as possible.
imgix is your go-to visual media platform for creating, transforming, and optimizing images and videos. It enables the processing and delivery of images and videos on-the-fly to any device within milliseconds for faster webpages, creative freedom and simpler development.
Now, seamlessly integrate imgix assets directly within Hygraph for an enhanced digital experience.
The new app allows content editors to add assets from imgix sources directly from the Hygraph interface. This way, you can seamlessly include assets from imgix and benefit from its processing services in your digital applications.
Moreover, you can also connect imgix to your Hygraph Asset Management System, and benefit from imgix’s processing and delivery capabilities.
Experience lightning-fast API responses with Automatic Query Splitting, a major improvement where we optimize complex GraphQL queries that contain union fields or modular components.
These queries are split automatically, which means no changes are required on your end. Hence, you can use union fields conveniently without having to worry about the performance aspects of it.
This feature will be gradually rolled out across different regions.
However, since this automatic splitting only applies to queries with union fields or modular components, other complex queries won’t be automatically split.
To improve performance for other types of complex GraphQL queries, we recommend following our guide on how to split them efficiently.
Background
Managing the complexity of GraphQL (GQL) queries is crucial for efficient data retrieval and optimal performance. Our new Automatic Query Splitting tackles this challenge head-on, ensuring your applications run smoothly.
In the context of GQL, “query complexity” refers to the computational resources needed to fulfill a query.
The complexity of a query increases with the number of fields and the depth of the query.
Scalar fields: Each scalar field in a query contributes one point to the query complexity.
Relations / Unions: Relations multiply their complexity times the level of nesting in the query.
For example, if a query retrieves a list of posts and each post has multiple comments, the complexity of the query increases with each nested comment.
Query complexity over a certain threshold increases the API’s response times, negatively affecting your app’s performance.
To prevent this, our new mechanism now automatically splits complex queries that contain union fields or nested components, into multiple simpler queries, without you having to do this manually.
If you’re using complex queries in your application, then you’ll now notice a significant improvement in performance.
For complex queries with multiple scalar fields, you can further optimize API performance by manually splitting them.
Manually Managing GQL Query Complexity
You can manually optimize by limiting the depth of your queries, which means splitting a query with multiple fields or nested queries into separate queries, fetching only the necessary fields or using pagination.
We’re thrilled to announce that Hygraph is now available on the AWS Marketplace, making it easier than ever for AWS customers to deploy and scale Hygraph.
Kickstart your projects with our new prebuilt accelerators, designed to simplify your transition to a modular architecture and speed up your time to market.
Accelerators are a prebuilt solution focused on a specific use case, such as an eCommerce shop, that can make your transition to modular architecture easier and more digestible. You can start with it, reduce the time to market, then customize and evolve. Instead of starting from 0, you start from 80%. And you have the full flexibility to recompose this later on.
With the Studio in EA, the new Studio docs will open up by default when you land on our documentation page.
The new revamped documentation features comprehensive guides for Hygraph Studio to help you make the most of our latest features.
For documentation on Hygraph Classic, you’ll now need to go to our Classic Docs.
New Hygraph Recipes
To help you model your content efficiently, we have introduced a new Hygraph Recipes section in the docs.
Hygraph Recipes is a collection of developer resources that can help you discover how to combine different field types to create schema elements based on your use-case.
With Hygraph’s current Content Preview capabilities, editors can open a preview link in a new tab or window to view how the final content will look.
We will soon release Live Previews, where editors can preview content and edit simultaneously in a split-screen format.
Backup and Recovery
We will offer a range of capabilities based on your subscription plan to empower you with greater control over your backups. These include automated backups that allow you to roll back to earlier project versions if something goes wrong.
Conditional Fields
We will introduce settings that allow you to conditionally show additional fields based on a boolean or dropdown field.
Scheduled Publishing for Studio
To automatically schedule content for publishing, we will soon release Content Scheduling for Hygraph Studio.
Grid View for Assets
We will soon introduce the more intuitive grid view to our Asset Management System to help you quickly find relevant assets.
Asset Migration Tooling
The new Hygraph Asset Management System will soon be available for existing projects as well. Although low effort, some migration tasks will need action from your end. Stay tuned for detailed guidelines and steps to migrate seamlessly.
This year, we proudly participated in MACH THREE in New York City, engaging in insightful discussions with industry leaders about MACH architectures and digital transformation.
Caryn Jervis, Head of Partnerships, Matthew Weil, Senior Account Executive, and Jorge Yanes, Senior Partner Manager, met with our customers and partners for in-depth conversations about MACH architectures and digital transformation.
Caryn Jervis, also moderated the MACH 3 panel EnlightenHER #6: How to earn your seat at the table. Alongside panelists Irina Botea and Valerie Kontor, she discussed insights and strategies for women trying to get their voices heard. They touched upon challenges, advice, and the importance of mentorships in helping women advance into leadership roles.
Vercelship 2024
We are proud to sponsor VercelShip 2024, the premier event for developers and tech enthusiasts. Our colleagues, Jon Gibbs and Issam S. were there, connecting over insightful discussions with our partners and customers.
We’ve had some great updates this quarter! Hygraph Studio officially transitioned from beta to Early Availability, we're now available on the AWS Marketplace, and we’ve introduced features like Automatic Query Splitting and Custom App Permissions.
Moreover, we have exciting new features lined up for next quarter, and we can't wait to share them with you soon. Stay tuned!
Join our community
Stay connected and informed by joining our vibrant community on Slack. Be the first to know about the latest Hygraph updates and events, and share your feedback with us.
Shahan is the Product Marketing Manager at Hygraph. Living in Pakistan, he loves to spend time exploring places, pencil sketching, reading, and watching science fiction and K-dramas.
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Hygraph Studio has officially transitioned from beta to Early Availability, making content management smoother than ever. We're also now available on the AWS Marketplace and have introduced new features, including Custom App Permissions and Automatic Query Splitting.
Discover the all-new Studio, designed to revolutionize your content workflow with an intuitive interface and powerful new features!
We launched Studio in beta earlier this year and have received positive feedback and valuable suggestions from our user community.
As of July 3rd, Studio has transitioned from beta to Early Availability, becoming the default content management interface for our free and self-serve users. Enterprise users have the option to choose between Studio or Classic, while our CSMs plan the migration steps for you.
With the launch in EA, we also added the following features to Studio:
Building on our robust app framework launched last year, we're excited to introduce Custom App Permissions, allowing you to tailor app access and enhance security.
This feature enables enterprises with strict security requirements to build custom applications and extend Hygraph capabilities.
You can choose permissions for who can install your app: only you, selected users, or the public.
Within API permissions, you can now also choose permissions for user data.
We have updated our App SDK and recommend switching to the latest version.
npm i @hygraph/app-sdk
Based on feedback from our community, Custom App Permissions were the last blocker for us to deprecate UI Extensions. If you are using UI Extensions today, we’d recommend switching to the new app framework as soon as possible.
imgix is your go-to visual media platform for creating, transforming, and optimizing images and videos. It enables the processing and delivery of images and videos on-the-fly to any device within milliseconds for faster webpages, creative freedom and simpler development.
Now, seamlessly integrate imgix assets directly within Hygraph for an enhanced digital experience.
The new app allows content editors to add assets from imgix sources directly from the Hygraph interface. This way, you can seamlessly include assets from imgix and benefit from its processing services in your digital applications.
Moreover, you can also connect imgix to your Hygraph Asset Management System, and benefit from imgix’s processing and delivery capabilities.
Experience lightning-fast API responses with Automatic Query Splitting, a major improvement where we optimize complex GraphQL queries that contain union fields or modular components.
These queries are split automatically, which means no changes are required on your end. Hence, you can use union fields conveniently without having to worry about the performance aspects of it.
This feature will be gradually rolled out across different regions.
However, since this automatic splitting only applies to queries with union fields or modular components, other complex queries won’t be automatically split.
To improve performance for other types of complex GraphQL queries, we recommend following our guide on how to split them efficiently.
Background
Managing the complexity of GraphQL (GQL) queries is crucial for efficient data retrieval and optimal performance. Our new Automatic Query Splitting tackles this challenge head-on, ensuring your applications run smoothly.
In the context of GQL, “query complexity” refers to the computational resources needed to fulfill a query.
The complexity of a query increases with the number of fields and the depth of the query.
Scalar fields: Each scalar field in a query contributes one point to the query complexity.
Relations / Unions: Relations multiply their complexity times the level of nesting in the query.
For example, if a query retrieves a list of posts and each post has multiple comments, the complexity of the query increases with each nested comment.
Query complexity over a certain threshold increases the API’s response times, negatively affecting your app’s performance.
To prevent this, our new mechanism now automatically splits complex queries that contain union fields or nested components, into multiple simpler queries, without you having to do this manually.
If you’re using complex queries in your application, then you’ll now notice a significant improvement in performance.
For complex queries with multiple scalar fields, you can further optimize API performance by manually splitting them.
Manually Managing GQL Query Complexity
You can manually optimize by limiting the depth of your queries, which means splitting a query with multiple fields or nested queries into separate queries, fetching only the necessary fields or using pagination.
We’re thrilled to announce that Hygraph is now available on the AWS Marketplace, making it easier than ever for AWS customers to deploy and scale Hygraph.
Kickstart your projects with our new prebuilt accelerators, designed to simplify your transition to a modular architecture and speed up your time to market.
Accelerators are a prebuilt solution focused on a specific use case, such as an eCommerce shop, that can make your transition to modular architecture easier and more digestible. You can start with it, reduce the time to market, then customize and evolve. Instead of starting from 0, you start from 80%. And you have the full flexibility to recompose this later on.
With the Studio in EA, the new Studio docs will open up by default when you land on our documentation page.
The new revamped documentation features comprehensive guides for Hygraph Studio to help you make the most of our latest features.
For documentation on Hygraph Classic, you’ll now need to go to our Classic Docs.
New Hygraph Recipes
To help you model your content efficiently, we have introduced a new Hygraph Recipes section in the docs.
Hygraph Recipes is a collection of developer resources that can help you discover how to combine different field types to create schema elements based on your use-case.
With Hygraph’s current Content Preview capabilities, editors can open a preview link in a new tab or window to view how the final content will look.
We will soon release Live Previews, where editors can preview content and edit simultaneously in a split-screen format.
Backup and Recovery
We will offer a range of capabilities based on your subscription plan to empower you with greater control over your backups. These include automated backups that allow you to roll back to earlier project versions if something goes wrong.
Conditional Fields
We will introduce settings that allow you to conditionally show additional fields based on a boolean or dropdown field.
Scheduled Publishing for Studio
To automatically schedule content for publishing, we will soon release Content Scheduling for Hygraph Studio.
Grid View for Assets
We will soon introduce the more intuitive grid view to our Asset Management System to help you quickly find relevant assets.
Asset Migration Tooling
The new Hygraph Asset Management System will soon be available for existing projects as well. Although low effort, some migration tasks will need action from your end. Stay tuned for detailed guidelines and steps to migrate seamlessly.
This year, we proudly participated in MACH THREE in New York City, engaging in insightful discussions with industry leaders about MACH architectures and digital transformation.
Caryn Jervis, Head of Partnerships, Matthew Weil, Senior Account Executive, and Jorge Yanes, Senior Partner Manager, met with our customers and partners for in-depth conversations about MACH architectures and digital transformation.
Caryn Jervis, also moderated the MACH 3 panel EnlightenHER #6: How to earn your seat at the table. Alongside panelists Irina Botea and Valerie Kontor, she discussed insights and strategies for women trying to get their voices heard. They touched upon challenges, advice, and the importance of mentorships in helping women advance into leadership roles.
Vercelship 2024
We are proud to sponsor VercelShip 2024, the premier event for developers and tech enthusiasts. Our colleagues, Jon Gibbs and Issam S. were there, connecting over insightful discussions with our partners and customers.
We’ve had some great updates this quarter! Hygraph Studio officially transitioned from beta to Early Availability, we're now available on the AWS Marketplace, and we’ve introduced features like Automatic Query Splitting and Custom App Permissions.
Moreover, we have exciting new features lined up for next quarter, and we can't wait to share them with you soon. Stay tuned!
Join our community
Stay connected and informed by joining our vibrant community on Slack. Be the first to know about the latest Hygraph updates and events, and share your feedback with us.
Shahan is the Product Marketing Manager at Hygraph. Living in Pakistan, he loves to spend time exploring places, pencil sketching, reading, and watching science fiction and K-dramas.
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