ExpressionInfo | API Reference | ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.31

The ExpressionInfo class references Arcade expressions following the specification defined by the Arcade Popup Profile. Expressions must return a string or a number and may access data values from the feature, its layer, or other layers in the map or datastore with the $feature, $layer, $map, and $datastore profile variables.

Expression names are referenced in a layer's PopupTemplate and execute once a layer's popup is opened. The values display within the view's popup as if they are field values. They can be displayed in a table using the FieldInfo of the popupTemplate's content or referenced within a simple string.

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Example

// Display a table in the popup's content referencing two values
// one from a field, and another returned from an Arcade expression
layer.popupTemplate = {
  title: "Population in {NAME}",
  content: [{
    type: "fields",
    fieldInfos: [{
      fieldName: "POP_2015",
      label: "Total population (2015)",
      format: {
        digitSeparator: true
      }
    }, {
      fieldName: "expression/per-asian"
    }]
  }]
};

Constructors

ExpressionInfo Constructor new ExpressionInfo(properties)

Parameter

properties Object

optional

See the properties for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Watch for changes topic.

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Type	Summary	Class
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
String	An Arcade expression following the specification defined by the Arcade Popup Profile.	ExpressionInfo
String	The name of the expression.	ExpressionInfo
String	Indicates the return type of the Arcade expression.	ExpressionInfo
String	The title used to describe the value returned by the expression in the popup.	ExpressionInfo

Property Details

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

expression Property expression String

An Arcade expression following the specification defined by the Arcade Popup Profile. Expressions must return a string or a number and may access data values from the feature, its layer, or other layers in the map or datastore with the $feature, $layer, $map, and $datastore profile variables.

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Example

// Calculates the percentage of the population that is Asian
expressionInfo.expression = "Text($feature.Asian / $feature.TOT_POP, '#.#%')";

name Property name String

The name of the expression. This is used to reference the value of the given expression in the popupTemplate's content property by wrapping it in curly braces and prefacing it with expression/ (e.g. {expression/expressionName}).

Example

expressionInfo.name = "percent-asian";

returnType Property returnType String

Indicates the return type of the Arcade expression.

Possible Values:"string" |"number"

title Property title String

The title used to describe the value returned by the expression in the popup. This will display if the value is referenced in a FieldInfo table.

Example

expressionInfo.title = "Percent Asian";

Method Overview

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Return Type	Summary	Class
	Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.	Accessor
ExpressionInfo	Creates a deep clone of the ExpressionInfo class.	ExpressionInfo
*	Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product.	ExpressionInfo
Boolean	Returns true if a named group of handles exist.	Accessor
	Removes a group of handles owned by the object.	Accessor
Object	Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation.	ExpressionInfo

Method Details

addHandles Inherited Method addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, addHandles added at 4.25.

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();

Parameters

handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle []

Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey *

optional

Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

clone Method clone(){ExpressionInfo}

Creates a deep clone of the ExpressionInfo class.

Returns

Type	Description
ExpressionInfo	A deep clone of the ExpressionInfo instance.

fromJSON Method fromJSON(json){*}static

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameter

json Object

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns

Type	Description
*	Returns a new instance of this class.

hasHandles Inherited Method hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean} Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, hasHandles added at 4.25.

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns `true` if a named group of handles exist.

Example

// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

removeHandles Inherited Method removeHandles(groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, removeHandles added at 4.25.

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example

obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");

toJSON Method toJSON(){Object}

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() guide topic for more information.

Returns

Type	Description
Object	The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.