Entity

//create a new entity
require([
   "esri/rest/knowledgeGraphService",
   "esri/rest/knowledgeGraph/Entity",
  ], (knowledgeGraphModule, Entity) => {
  const newEntity = new Entity({
    typeName: "Supplier",
    properties: {
      Name: "Supplier 5",
      EmployeeCount: 681
    }
  });
});

//searches for 'solar' in the properties of all entities in a knowledge graph
require([
 "esri/rest/knowledgeGraphService"
], (KnowledgeGraphModule)  => {
 KnowledgeGraphModule
   .executeSearch(kg, {
     searchQuery: "solar",
     typeCategoryFilter: "entity",
   })
   .then((queryResult) => {
     // do something with the search results
     console.log("Graph Search Result", queryResult);
   });
});

//example of a return from the above search, printed to the console.
{
 resultRows: [{
  "declaredClass": "esri.rest.knowledgeGraph.Entity",
  "properties": {
    "shape": {
      "declaredClass": "esri.geometry.Point",
      "cache": {},
      "hasM": false,
      "hasZ": false,
      "latitude": 53.589000000000009,
      "longitude": -0.9633,
      "type": "point",
      "extent": null,
      "spatialReference": {
       "wkid": 4326
      },
      "x": -0.9633,
      "y": 53.589000000000009
    },
    "Name": "Suncommon",
    "Employee_Count": 400,
    "energyType": "solar"
  },
  "typeName": "Company",
  "id": ""{9D2D6AFD-41F1-49A4-8412-CACCC9906E88}","
 }]
}

Property Overview

Property Details

declaredClass Stringreadonly inherited

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

id String inherited

The unique ID of the object.

properties Object inherited

The properties of the graph object. For entities and relationships the properties are specified by its entity type or relationship type. The values of the properties are specific to the object.

Examples

//example of properties structure that includes geometry
"properties": {
  "shape": {
    "declaredClass": "esri.geometry.Point",
    "cache": {},
    "hasM": false,
    "hasZ": false,
    "latitude": 53.589000000000009,
    "longitude": -0.9633,
    "type": "point",
    "extent": null,
    "spatialReference": {
      "wkid": 4326
    },
    "x": -0.9633,
    "y": 53.589000000000009
  },
  "Name": "Suncommon",
  "Employee_Count": 400,
  "Address": "123 Broadway, New York, New York",
  "EnergyType": "solar"
}

//two entities of different entity types with different properties
[{
  "declaredClass": "esri.rest.knowledgeGraph.Entity",
  "properties": {
    "Name": "Suncommon",
    "Employee_Count": 400,
    "energyType": "solar"
  },
  "typeName": "Company",
  "id": "1256"
},
{
  "declaredClass": "esri.rest.knowledgeGraph.Entity",
  "properties": {
    "Name": "Empire State Building",
    "height": 1454,
    "heightUnits": "feet",
    "city": "New York"
  },
  "typeName": "Building",
  "id": "B7889541"
}]

//two relationships of different relationship types with different properties
[{
  "declaredClass": "esri.rest.Relationship.Relationship",
  "properties": {
    "start_date": "2020-04-17",
    "employee_id": "4589",
    "office": "152 Building A"
  },
  "typeName": "Employed_by",
  "id": "B7889541"
},
{
  "declaredClass": "esri.rest.Relationship.Relationship",
  "properties": {
    "quantity": 125000,
    "frequency": "bi-weekly",
    "contact_person": "Betty White"
  },
  "typeName": "buys_part",
  "id": "B7889541"
}]

typeName String inherited

Specifies the name for all similar types of objects (entities or relationships) defined in the knowledge graph. For example, all 'employee' entities in a knowledge graph of an organization might have the typeName 'employee'.

Method Overview

Method Details

addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey)inherited

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(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(groupKey){Boolean}inherited

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(groupKey)inherited

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(){Object}inherited

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.