VisualVariable

AMD: require(["esri/renderers/visualVariables/VisualVariable"], (VisualVariable) => { /* code goes here */ });
ESM: import VisualVariable from "@arcgis/core/renderers/visualVariables/VisualVariable.js";
Class: esri/renderers/visualVariables/VisualVariable
Inheritance: VisualVariable Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.10

The visual variable base class. See each of the subclasses that extend this class to learn how to create continuous data-driven thematic visualizations.

ColorVariable SizeVariable OpacityVariable RotationVariable
renderer-vv-color renderer-vv-extrusion renderer-vv-opacity renderer-vv-rotation
See also

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Working with Properties topic.
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Name Type Summary Class
String

The name of the class.

Accessor
String

The name of the numeric attribute field that contains the data values used to determine the color/opacity/size/rotation of each feature.

VisualVariable
Object

An object providing options for displaying the visual variable in the Legend.

VisualVariable
String

The visual variable type.

VisualVariable
String

An Arcade expression following the specification defined by the Arcade Visualization Profile.

VisualVariable
String

The title identifying and describing the associated Arcade expression as defined in the valueExpression property.

VisualVariable

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.

field

Property
field String

The name of the numeric attribute field that contains the data values used to determine the color/opacity/size/rotation of each feature.

legendOptions

Property
legendOptions Object

An object providing options for displaying the visual variable in the Legend.

Properties
showLegend Boolean
optional

Indicates whether to show the visual variable in the legend.

title String
optional

The title describing the visualization of the visual variable in the Legend. This takes precedence over a field alias or valueExpressionTitle.

type

Property
type Stringreadonly

The visual variable type.

Possible Values:"color"|"opacity"|"rotation"|"size"

valueExpression

Property
valueExpression String

An Arcade expression following the specification defined by the Arcade Visualization Profile. Expressions in visual variables may reference field values using the $feature profile variable and must return a number.

The values returned from this expression are the data used to drive the visualization as defined in the stops. This takes precedence over field. Therefore, this property is typically used as an alternative to field in visual variables.

valueExpressionTitle

Property
valueExpressionTitle String

The title identifying and describing the associated Arcade expression as defined in the valueExpression property. This is displayed as the title of the corresponding visual variable in the Legend in the absence of a provided title in the legendOptions property.

Method Overview

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Name Return Type Summary Class

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.

Accessor
*

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product.

VisualVariable
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.

VisualVariable

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.

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.

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