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import Relationship from "@arcgis/core/rest/knowledgeGraph/Relationship.js";
Inheritance:
RelationshipGraphNamedObjectGraphObjectAccessor
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25

A relationship is an instance of a relationship type that defines an association between two entities. Examples include "owns", "called", or "employed by". A relationship is described in a single direction. Every relationship describes an association from one entity to another entity. If two people in a family are siblings, each person entity requires a separate sibling-of relationship to the other entity to fully describe the relationship.

See also
Examples
// sample creation of new Relationship object
const [knowledgeGraphModule, Relationship] = await $arcgis.import([
"@arcgis/core/rest/knowledgeGraphService.js",
"@arcgis/core/rest/knowledgeGraph/Relationship.js",
]);
const newRelationship = new Relationship({
typeName: "buys_part",
properties: {
quantity: 5000
},
destinationId: "{HNEIS053-AW6F-G9W4-8412-MROEJHM25694}",
originId: "{D1HRH4D3-1RE5-JTRH-1D5F-21TH8HRDHTRS}"
})
// sample relationship returned as a result of a search or query on a knowledge graph
[{
"declaredClass": "esri.rest.Relationship.Relationship",
"originId": "1234",
"destinationId": "5678",
"properties": {
"order_day": "Sunday",
"quantity": 15000
},
"typeName": "buys_part",
"id": "{ANWIFHSAS-AW6F-G9W4-8412-A1A8W4F1A5S6F}",
}]

Constructors

Constructor

Constructor
Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
properties
See the properties table for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.
Example
const newRelationship = new Relationship({
typeName: "buys_part",
properties: {
quantity: 5000
},
destinationId: "{HNEIS053-AW6F-G9W4-8412-MROEJHM25694}",
originId: "{D1HRH4D3-1RE5-JTRH-1D5F-21TH8HRDHTRS}"
});

Properties

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

declaredClass

readonlyinherited Property
Type
string
Inherited from: Accessor

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

destinationId

Property
Type
string

The ID of the destination entity of the relationship (i.e. the 'to' entity).

id

inherited Property
Type
string
Inherited from: GraphNamedObject

The unique ID of the object.

originId

Property
Type
string

The ID of the origin entity of the relationship (i.e. the 'from' entity).

properties

inherited Property
Type
Record<string, any>
Inherited from: GraphObject

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

inherited Property
Type
string
Inherited from: GraphNamedObject

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'.

Methods

MethodSignatureClass
fromJSON
inherited static
fromJSON(json: any): any
toJSON
inherited
toJSON(): any

fromJSON

inheritedstatic Method
Signature
fromJSON (json: any): any
Inherited from: JSONSupportMixin

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.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
json
any

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
any

Returns a new instance of this class.

toJSON

inherited Method
Signature
toJSON (): any
Inherited from: JSONSupportMixin

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

Returns
any

The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.