Query | API Reference | ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.31

Attribute queries
- Numbers and strings
- Date and times
Spatial queries
Temporal queries
Statistic queries

This class defines parameters for executing queries for features from a layer or layer view. Once a Query object's properties are defined, it can then be passed into an executable function, which will return the features in a FeatureSet.

There are three types of queries: attribute, spatial, and statistic queries. You can query for features in one of these categories or use elements of each in a single query.

Attribute queries

Number and strings

To query features based on attribute values, specify a SQL where clause in the where property. You can optionally use the text property for a LIKE statement. Setting the outFields of the query will limit the attributes returned from the query. This can improve the speed of the query if your app doesn't require all the attributes for each feature.

For example, you can use where to query all counties in the state of Washington from a layer representing U.S. Counties:

let query = featureLayer.createQuery();
query.where = "STATE_NAME = 'Washington'";
query.outFields = [ "STATE_NAME", "COUNTY_NAME", "POPULATION", "(POPULATION / AREA) as 'POP_DENSITY'" ];

featureLayer.queryFeatures(query)
  .then(function(response){
     // returns a feature set with features containing the following attributes
     // STATE_NAME, COUNTY_NAME, POPULATION, POP_DENSITY
   });

Date and times

When querying features based on date, date-only, time-only and timestamp-offset field types the DATE, TIMESTAMP or TIME SQL functions should be used to make sure the query returns correct results. The following snippets demonstrate how the date functions can be constructed with the functions mentioned above.

<DateField> = DATE 'YYYY-MM-DD'
<DateField> = TIMESTAMP 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS'
<DateOnlyField> = DATE 'YYYY-MM-DD'
<TimeOnlyField> = TIME 'HH:MM:SS'
<TimestampOffsetField> = TIMESTAMP 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS +/-UTC offset'

Date values are stored as epoch values in date field. Epoch time describes a point in time as the number of seconds since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970 (UTC). A date field can be associated with a specific time zone. When querying values from a date field, you may need to convert dates to match the time zone of the field. Use the FieldsIndex.getTimeZone() method to identify the time zone of a date field. For example, if your service has two date fields, one in America/Los_Angeles and the other in America/New_York, then date queries need to be crafted specifically for each field. If the desired query date is 01/01/2012 11:20:00 PM GMT then the resulting query could be:

query.where = "DateTime_PST = TIMESTAMP '2012-01-01 15:20:00", or

query.where = "DateTime_EST = TIMESTAMP '2012-01-01 18:20:00".

// Query for features that recorded on January 1, 2012 9:00:00 AM GMT
// DateTime_PST date field values are in PST. Must adjust the epoch values to PST

const queryDate = new Date(1325408400000); // 01/01/2012 9:00:00 AM GMT
let queryFields = [layer.objectIdField, "DateTime_PST"];

// get the timezone of the DateTime_PST date field
const fieldTimeZone = layer.fieldsIndex.getTimeZone("DateTime_PST") ;

// we need to adjust the date value to match the time zone of the field.
const where = `DateTime_PST < DATE '${getDateForTimeZone(queryDate, fieldTimeZone)}'`
layerView.filter = new FeatureFilter({
  where
});
runQueries(where, queryFields);

// This function conveniently formats a dates in terms of the parsed time zone.
function getDateForTimeZone(queryDate, timezone) {

  // adjust the given date field to the timezone of the date field
  const zonedDate = new Date(
    queryDate.toLocaleString("en-US", {
      timeZone: timezone
    })
  );
  const pad = (value) => String(value).padStart(2, "0");
  const month = pad(zonedDate.getMonth() + 1);
  const day = pad(zonedDate.getDate())
  const year = zonedDate.getFullYear();
  const hour = pad(zonedDate.getHours());
  const minutes = pad(zonedDate.getMinutes());
  const seconds = pad(zonedDate.getSeconds());

  return `${year}-${month}-${day} ${hour}:${minutes}:${seconds}`;
}

Please refer to Querying Feature Services: Date-Time Queries and REST API - Date-time queries documents to learn more about how to query date-time values.

Spatial queries

You can query features by geometry/location. While where is not required in this workflow, you can use where as part of the query to get more refined results.

To execute a spatial query, you must set the geometry parameter to a Geometry object and specify a valid spatialRelationship. You can optionally provide a query distance and units to query features against a buffer around the given geometry.

For example, to query for all features within 2 miles of a mouse move, you would do the following:

view.on("pointer-move", function(event){
  let query = featureLayer.createQuery();
  query.geometry = view.toMap(event);  // the point location of the pointer
  query.distance = 2;
  query.units = "miles";
  query.spatialRelationship = "intersects";  // this is the default
  query.returnGeometry = true;
  query.outFields = [ "POPULATION" ];

  featureLayerView.queryFeatures(query)
    .then(function(response){
      // returns a feature set with features containing the
      // POPULATION attribute and each feature's geometry
    });
});

You could also use where, for example, to return all features with a population greater than 10,000 within the 2-mile buffer.

Known Limitations

For client side spatial queries on 3D Object SceneLayerView the Extent of the feature is used when evaluating the spatial relationship with the geometry. This means that a feature might be returned from the query, even though its footprint is not in a spatial relationship with the geometry.

Temporal queries

You can query features based on a given time range by specifying the timeExtent property. The temporal query will return results only if the feature service is published with timeInfo information. The temporal query can also be combined with attribute and geometry queries.

For example, you can use timeExtent and where parameters to query specified hurricane tracks within a given time extent.

// query katrina tracks that took place in Aug 30 - Aug 31, 2005
const query = new Query({
  outFields: ["Name, WindSpeed"],
  where: "Name = 'Katrina'",
  timeExtent: {
    start: new Date(2005, 7, 30),
    end: new Date(2005, 7, 31)
  }
});
featureLayer.queryFeatures(query)
  .then(function(response){
     // process the results
   });

Statistic queries

Rather than return individual features from a query, you can return statistics for field attributes and expressions. Statistic queries are defined by the outStatistics parameter, which requires an array of StatisticDefinition objects.

For example, you can query for the average and total population of counties in the layer mentioned above in the following manner:


// query for the sum of the population in all features
let sumPopulation = {
  onStatisticField: "POP_2015",  // service field for 2015 population
  outStatisticFieldName: "Pop_2015_sum",
  statisticType: "sum"
};

// query for the average population in all features
let avgPopulation = {
  onStatisticField: "POP_2015",  // service field for 2015 population
  outStatisticFieldName: "Pop_2015_avg",
  statisticType: "avg"
};

// Notice that you can pass a SQL expression as a field name to calculate statistics
let populationChangeDefinition = {
  onStatisticField: "POP_2015 - POP_2010",  // service field for 2015 population
  outStatisticFieldName: "avg_pop_change_2015_2010",
  statisticType: "avg"
};

let query = layer.createQuery();
query.where = "STATE_NAME = 'Washington'";
query.outStatistics = [ sumPopulation, avgPopulation, populationChangeDefinition ];
layer.queryFeatures(query)
  .then(function(response){
     let stats = response.features[0].attributes;
     console.log("Total Population in WA": stats.Pop_2015_sum);
     console.log("Average Population in WA counties": stats.Pop_2015_avg);
     console.log("Average Population change in WA counties": stats.avg_pop_change_2015_2010);
  });

Working with results

Query results can be used in a number of ways depending on the use case. Consider the following parameters which impact the format of the resulting feature set.

returnGeometry - Returning a geometry is useful for displaying results back in the view as graphics, or for conducting further spatial analysis. If the geometry isn't necessary in your workflow, then don't request it to improve app performance.
outStatistics - Querying for statistics will never return features from the layer, only an object with number properties for the requested statistics.
returnDistinctValues - Returns the unique values that exist in a field as an array of strings, so no features are returned when this parameter is true.

The fields in the query needs to be available and listed in the FeatureLayerView.availableFields or SceneLayerView.availableFields. Define them either in FeatureLayer.outFields or SceneLayer.outFields.

See also

Constructors

Query Constructor new Query(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 Working with Properties topic.

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Type	Summary	Class
Array<(number\|string)>	An array of Object IDs representing aggregate (i.e.	Query
Boolean\|null\|undefined	Indicates if the service should cache the query results.	Query
Number\|SimpleTransformation\|CompositeTransformation	Datum transformation used for projecting geometries in the query results when outSpatialReference is different than the layer's spatial reference.	Query
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
Number\|null\|undefined	Specifies a search distance from a given geometry in a spatial query.	Query
String	Specifies the geodatabase version to display for feature service queries.	Query
Geometry\|null\|undefined	The geometry to apply to the spatial filter.	Query
Number	Specifies the number of decimal places for geometries returned by the JSON query operation.	Query
String []	Used only in statistical queries.	Query
String	A condition used with outStatistics and groupByFieldsForStatistics to limit query results to groups that satisfy the aggregation function(s).	Query
Date	The historic moment to query.	Query
Number	The maximum distance in units of outSpatialReference used for generalizing geometries returned by the query operation.	Query
Number	When set, the maximum number of features returned by the query will equal the `maxRecordCount` of the service multiplied by this factor.	Query
String	Parameter dictates how the geometry of a multipatch feature will be returned.	Query
Number	The number of features to retrieve.	Query
Array<(number\|string)>	An array of ObjectIDs to be used to query for features in a layer.	Query
String []	One or more field names used to order the query results.	Query
String []	Attribute fields to include in the FeatureSet.	Query
SpatialReference\|null\|undefined	The spatial reference for the returned geometry.	Query
StatisticDefinition []	The definitions for one or more field-based statistics to be calculated.	Query
HashMap<(string\|string []\|number\|number []\|Date\|Date [])>	Filters features from the layer based on pre-authored parameterized filters.	Query
Point	Specifies the pixel level to be identified on the X and Y axis.	Query
Object	Used to project the geometry onto a virtual grid, likely representing pixels on the screen.	Query
Object []	Filters features from the layer that are within the specified range values.	Query
String	The Dimensionally Extended 9 Intersection Model (DE-9IM) matrix relation (encoded as a string) to query the spatial relationship of the input geometry to the layer's features.	Query
Boolean	If `true`, each feature in the returned FeatureSet will be returned with a centroid.	Query
Boolean	If `true` then the query returns distinct values based on the field(s) specified in outFields.	Query
Boolean	If `true`, then all features are returned for each tile request, even if they exceed the maximum record limit per query indicated on the service by `maxRecordCount`.	Query
Boolean	If `true`, each feature in the returned FeatureSet includes the geometry.	Query
Boolean	If `true`, and returnGeometry is `true`, then m-values are included in the geometry.	Query
Boolean	If `true`, the query geometry will be returned with the query results.	Query
Boolean	If `true`, and returnGeometry is `true`, then z-values are included in the geometry.	Query
String	For spatial queries, this parameter defines the spatial relationship to query features in the layer or layer view against the input geometry.	Query
String	This parameter can be either standard SQL92 `standard` or it can use the native SQL of the underlying datastore `native`.	Query
Number	The zero-based index indicating where to begin retrieving features.	Query
String	Shorthand for a where clause using "like".	Query
TimeExtent	A time extent for a temporal query against time-aware layers.	Query
String\|null\|undefined	The unit for calculating the buffer distance when distance is specified in spatial queries.	Query
String\|null\|undefined	A where clause for the query.	Query

Property Details

aggregateIds Property aggregateIds Array<(number|string)>

An array of Object IDs representing aggregate (i.e. cluster) graphics. This property should be used to query features represented by one or more cluster graphics with the given Object IDs.

This is useful in the following scenarios:

To display features included in the cluster as a collection of graphics.
To push clustered features to the view's popup for browsing.
To display statistics of features included in the cluster in the popup.

Known Limitations

This property only applies to LayerView query methods. Support for server-side queries is being considered for a future release.

Example

// Will execute query for features represented by the clusterGraphic
if( clusterGraphic.isAggregate ){
  query.aggregateIds = [ clusterGraphic.getObjectId() ];
}

cacheHint Property cacheHint Boolean |null |undefined

Indicates if the service should cache the query results. It only applies if the layer's capabilities.query.supportsCacheHint is set to true. Use only for queries that have the same parameters every time the app is used. Some examples of cacheable queries:

Queries that fetch statistics or features on app load.
Queries based on preset input, for example, a drop-down list of US states.
Queries based on preset extents, for example bookmarks, in web maps.

Default Value:undefined

datumTransformation Property datumTransformation Number |SimpleTransformation |CompositeTransformation

Datum transformation used for projecting geometries in the query results when outSpatialReference is different than the layer's spatial reference. Requires ArcGIS Server service 10.5 or greater.

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor

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

distance Property distance Number |null |undefined

Specifies a search distance from a given geometry in a spatial query. The units property indicates the unit of measurement. In essence, setting this property creates a buffer at the specified size around the input geometry. The query will use that buffer to return features in the layer or layer view that adhere to the to the indicated spatial relationship.

If querying a feature service, the supportsQueryWithDistance capability must be true.

gdbVersion Property gdbVersion String

Specifies the geodatabase version to display for feature service queries.

geometry Property geometry Geometry |null |undefinedautocast

The geometry to apply to the spatial filter. The spatialRelationship will indicate how the geometry should be used to query features.

Known Limitations

Mesh geometry types are currently not supported.

geometryPrecision Property geometryPrecision Number

Specifies the number of decimal places for geometries returned by the JSON query operation.

groupByFieldsForStatistics Property groupByFieldsForStatistics String[]

Used only in statistical queries. When one or more field names are provided in this property, the output statistics will be grouped based on unique values from those fields. This is only valid when outStatistics has been defined.

Example

query.outStatistics = [{
  onStatisticField: "CUSTOMERS",
  outStatisticFieldName: "avg_customers",
  statisticType: "avg"
}, {
  onStatisticField: "RATING",
  outStatisticFieldName: "min_rating",
  statisticType: "min"
}, {
  onStatisticField: "1=1",
  outStatisticFieldName: "total_businesses",
  statisticType: "count"
}];
query.groupByFieldsForStatistics = [ "region" ];

// query the above stats for each region in the layer
layer.queryFeatures(query).then(displayResults);

having Property having String

A condition used with outStatistics and groupByFieldsForStatistics to limit query results to groups that satisfy the aggregation function(s).

The following aggregation functions are supported in this clause: MIN | MAX | AVG | SUM | STDDEV | COUNT | VAR

Aggregation functions used in having must be included in the outStatistics as well. See the snippet below for an example of how this works.

For service-based layer queries, this parameter applies only if the supportsHavingClause property of the layer is true. This property is supported on all LayerView queries.

See also

Example

query.outStatistics = [{
  onStatisticField: "CUSTOMERS",
  outStatisticFieldName: "avg_customers",
  statisticType: "avg"
}, {
  onStatisticField: "RATING",
  outStatisticFieldName: "min_rating",
  statisticType: "min"
}, {
  onStatisticField: "1=1",
  outStatisticFieldName: "total_businesses",
  statisticType: "count"
}];
query.groupByFieldsForStatistics = [ "region" ];
query.having = "AVG(CUSTOMERS) >= 1,000 AND MIN(RATING) >= 3";

// query the above stats for all regions where
// the average number of daily customers per business is
// greater than 1,000 and the minimum customer rating
// for a business within the region is 3
layer.queryFeatures(query).then(displayResults);

historicMoment Property historicMoment Date

The historic moment to query. This parameter applies only if the supportsQueryWithHistoricMoment capability of the service being queried is true. This setting is provided in the layer resource.

maxAllowableOffset Property maxAllowableOffset Number

The maximum distance in units of outSpatialReference used for generalizing geometries returned by the query operation. It limits how far any part of the generalized geometry can be from the original geometry. If outSpatialReference is not defined, the spatialReference of the data is used.

Known Limitations

This property does not apply to LayerView or CSVLayer queries.

maxRecordCountFactor Property maxRecordCountFactor Number

When set, the maximum number of features returned by the query will equal the maxRecordCount of the service multiplied by this factor. The value of this property may not exceed 5.

For example, if the maxRecordCount of your feature service is 2000, and you set the maxRecordCountFactor to 5, then the maximum number of features that could be returned by the query is 10000.

Known Limitations

Only supported with ArcGIS Online hosted services or ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6 services and higher.

Default Value:1

multipatchOption Property multipatchOption String

Parameter dictates how the geometry of a multipatch feature will be returned. Currently, the only supported value is xyFootprint. If indicated, the xy footprint of each multipatch geometry will be returned in the result.

Example

// url to the layer of interest to query
let queryUrl = "https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Notes/FeatureServer/0";

let queryObject = new Query({
  objectIds: [22],
  multipatchOption: "xyFootprint",
  outFields: ["*"],
  returnGeometry: true
});

// call the executeQueryJSON() method
query.executeQueryJSON(queryUrl, queryObject).then(function(results){
  // results.graphics contains the graphics returned from query
});

num Property num Number

The number of features to retrieve. This option should be used in conjunction with the start property. Use this to implement paging (i.e. to retrieve "pages" of results when querying).

If not provided, but an instance of Query has a start property, then the default value of num is 10. If neither num nor start properties are provided, then the default value of num is equal to the maxRecordCount of the service, which can be found at the REST endpoint of the FeatureLayer.

objectIds Property objectIds Array<(number|string)>

An array of ObjectIDs to be used to query for features in a layer.

orderByFields Property orderByFields String[]

One or more field names used to order the query results. Specify ASC (ascending) or DESC (descending) after the field name to control the order. The default order is ASC.

Known Limitations

If querying a MapImageLayer, then supportsAdvancedQueries must be true on the service.
For FeatureLayer, FeatureLayer.capabilities.queryRelated.supportsOrderBy must be true.

See also

FeatureLayer.capabilities

Example

query.orderByFields = ["STATE_NAME DESC"];

outFields Property outFields String[]

Attribute fields to include in the FeatureSet. Fields must exist in the service layer. You must list actual field names rather than field aliases. You may, however, use field aliases when you display the results of the query.

When specifying the output fields, you should limit the fields to only those you expect to use in the query or the results. The fewer fields you include, the smaller the payload size, and therefore the faster the response of the query.

You can also specify SQL expressions as outFields to calculate new values server side for the query results. See the example snippets below for an example of this.

Each query must have access to the Shape and ObjectId fields for a layer. However, the list of outFields does not need to include these two fields.

Known Limitations

If specifying outFields as expressions on a feature service-based FeatureLayer, the service capabilities advancedQueryCapabilities.supportsOutFieldSQLExpression and useStandardizedQueries must both be true.

Default Value:null

Examples

// query for field attributes
query.outFields = [ "NAME", "STATE_ABBR", "POP04" ];

// query for data returned from an expressions and other fields as the following field names
// POP_CHANGE_2020, NAME, POP2020
// where POP_CHANGE_2020 represents the population change from 2010 - 2020
query.outFields = [ "( (POP2020 - POP2010) / POP2010 ) * 100 as POP_CHANGE_2020", "NAME", "POP2020" ]

outSpatialReference Property outSpatialReference SpatialReference |null |undefinedautocast

The spatial reference for the returned geometry. If not specified, the geometry is returned in the spatial reference of the queried layer.

outStatistics Property outStatistics StatisticDefinition[]autocast Autocasts from Object []

The definitions for one or more field-based statistics to be calculated. If outStatistics is specified the only other query parameters that should be used are groupByFieldsForStatistics, orderByFields, returnDistinctValues, geometry, text, timeExtent and where.

Known Limitations

For service-based queries, outStatistics is only supported on layers where supportsStatistics = true.

Example

let query = new Query();
let statisticDefinition = new StatisticDefinition({
  statisticType: "sum",
  onStatisticField: "POP2000",
  outStatisticFieldName: "TotalPop"
});

query.outStatistics = [ statisticDefinition ];

Filters features from the layer based on pre-authored parameterized filters. When value is not specified for any parameter in a request, the default value, that is assigned during authoring time, gets used. Requires an ArcGIS Enterprise service 10.5 or greater. This parameter is only supported with MapImageLayer pointing to a map service.

See also

pixelSize Property pixelSize Pointautocast

Specifies the pixel level to be identified on the X and Y axis. Defaults to the base resolution of the dataset if not specified. Applicable only to Image Service layers.

quantizationParameters Property quantizationParameters Object

Used to project the geometry onto a virtual grid, likely representing pixels on the screen. Geometry coordinates are converted to integers by building a grid with a resolution matching the quantizationParameters.tolerance. Each coordinate is then snapped to one pixel on the grid.

Known Limitations

Only supported with ArcGIS Online hosted services or ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1 services.

Properties: extent Extent|null|undefined

optional
An extent defining the quantization grid bounds. Its SpatialReference matches the input geometry spatial reference if one is specified for the query. Otherwise, the extent will be in the layer's spatial reference.

mode String

optional
Geometry coordinates are optimized for viewing and displaying of data.

Possible Values:"view"|"edit"

originPosition String

optional
Default Value:upper-left

The integer's coordinates will be returned relative to the origin position defined by this property value.

Possible Values:"upper-left"|"lower-left"

tolerance Number

optional
Default Value:1

The size of one pixel in the units of the outSpatialReference. This number is used to convert coordinates to integers by building a grid with a resolution matching the tolerance. Each coordinate is then snapped to one pixel on the grid. Consecutive coordinates snapped to the same pixel are removed for reducing the overall response size. The units of tolerance will match the units of outSpatialReference. If outSpatialReference is not specified, then tolerance is assumed to be in the units of the spatial reference of the layer. If tolerance is not specified, the maxAllowableOffset is used. If tolerance and maxAllowableOffset are not specified, a grid of 10,000 * 10,000 grid is used by default.

Example

let query = new Query();
query.quantizationParameters = {
  mode: "view",
  originPosition: "upper-left",
  tolerance: 4820,
  extent: layer.fullExtent
};

rangeValues Property rangeValues Object[]

Filters features from the layer that are within the specified range values. Requires ArcGIS Enterprise services 10.5 or greater.This parameter is only supported with MapImageLayer pointing to a map service.

Properties

name String

The range id.

value Number|Number []

Single value or value range.

See also

relationParameter Property relationParameter String

The Dimensionally Extended 9 Intersection Model (DE-9IM) matrix relation (encoded as a string) to query the spatial relationship of the input geometry to the layer's features. This string contains the test result of each intersection represented in the DE-9IM matrix. Each result is one character of the string and may be represented as either a number (maximum dimension returned: 0,1,2), a Boolean value (T or F), or a mask character (for ignoring results: '*').

Set this parameter when the spatialRelationship is relation. The Relational functions for ST_Geometry topic has additional details on how to construct these strings.

Known Limitations

This property does not apply to layer view or CSVLayer queries.

Example

let query = new Query({
  relationParameter: "FFFTTT***"
});

returnCentroid Property returnCentroid Boolean

If true, each feature in the returned FeatureSet will be returned with a centroid. This property only applies to queries against polygon FeatureLayers.

Known Limitations

Only supported with ArcGIS Online hosted services or ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1 services.

Default Value:false

returnDistinctValues Property returnDistinctValues Boolean

If true then the query returns distinct values based on the field(s) specified in outFields.

Known Limitations

For service-based queries, this parameter applies only if the supportsAdvancedQueries capability of the layer is true.
Make sure to set returnGeometry to false when returnDistinctValues is true. Otherwise, reliable results will not be returned.

Default Value:false

returnExceededLimitFeatures Property returnExceededLimitFeatures Boolean

If true, then all features are returned for each tile request, even if they exceed the maximum record limit per query indicated on the service by maxRecordCount. If false, the tile request will not return any features if the maxRecordCount limit is exceeded.

Known Limitations

Only supported with ArcGIS Online hosted services or ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6 services and higher.

Default Value:true

returnGeometry Property returnGeometry Boolean

If true, each feature in the returned FeatureSet includes the geometry.

Known Limitations

For FeatureLayerView queries, the precision of the returned geometries will only be as high as the view's scale resolution since geometries are quantized for improved performance on the view. The smaller the scale, the lower the resolution of the geometries.

This limitation does not apply to FeatureLayer, CSVLayer, and CSVLayerView queries.
returnGeometry is currently not supported for 3D Object scene layer views. See SceneLayer.queryFeatures() for support for obtaining 3D Object geometries.

Default Value:false

returnM Property returnM Boolean

If true, and returnGeometry is true, then m-values are included in the geometry.

returnQueryGeometry Property returnQueryGeometry Boolean

If true, the query geometry will be returned with the query results. It is useful for getting the buffer geometry generated when querying features by distance or getting the query geometry projected in the outSpatialReference of the query. The query geometry is returned only for client-side queries and hosted feature services and if the layer's capabilities.query.supportsQueryGeometry is true.

Default Value:false

returnZ Property returnZ Boolean

If true, and returnGeometry is true, then z-values are included in the geometry.

Known Limitations

FeatureLayerView.queryFeatures(), GeoJSONLayerView.queryFeatures(), and OGCFeatureLayerView.queryFeatures() results do not include the z-values when called in 2D MapView even if returnZ is set to true.

spatialRelationship Property spatialRelationship String

For spatial queries, this parameter defines the spatial relationship to query features in the layer or layer view against the input geometry. The spatial relationships discover how features are spatially related to each other. For example, you may want to know if a polygon representing a county completely contains points representing settlements.

The spatial relationship is determined by whether the boundaries or interiors of a geometry intersect.

Boundary — The endpoints of all linear parts for line features, or the linear outline of a polygon. Only lines and polygons have boundaries.
Interior — Points are entirely interior and have no boundary. For lines and polygons, the interior is any part of the geometry that is not part of the boundary.

The possible values for this parameter are described below and the images highlight the geometries returned for the specified spatial relationship for given geometries.

The intersects spatial relationship returns features in the layer view that intersect the query geometry.

intersects

The contains spatial relationship returns features in the layer view that are completely contained by the query geometry.

contains

The crosses spatial relationship returns features in the layer view when the interior of a query geometry comes into contact with the interior or boundary of features in the layer view. In other words, the geometries share some interior area, but not all interior area.

crosses

The envelope-intersects spatial relationship returns features in the layer view that intersect the envelope (or extent) of the filter geometry.

envelope-intersects

The overlaps spatial relationship returns features in the layer view that overlap the query geometry. Only features of the same geometry can be compared.

overlaps

The touches spatial relationship returns features in the layer view that touch the query geometry. The boundaries of the geometries intersect, but not their interiors.

touches

The within spatial relationship returns features in the layer view that completely contain the query geometry. In other words, the filter geometry is completely within the features in the layer view. It is opposite of contains.

within

The disjoint spatial relationship returns features in the layer view that do not intersect the query geometry in anyway. Opposite of intersects.

disjoint

Known Limitations

For spatial queries on 3D Object SceneLayers and BuildingSceneLayers the spatial relationship is evaluated based on the Extent of the feature and not the footprint. This means that a feature might be returned from the query, even though its footprint is not in a spatial relationship with the geometry.
Currently only intersects, contains, and disjoint spatialRelationships are supported on spatial queries for 3D Object SceneLayers and BuildingSceneLayers.

Default Value:intersects

Example

let query = new Query({
  spatialRelationship: "contains"
});

sqlFormat Property sqlFormat String

This parameter can be either standard SQL92 standard or it can use the native SQL of the underlying datastore native. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for more information.

Known Limitations

This property does not apply to layer view or CSVLayer queries.

Possible Values:"none" |"standard" |"native"

Default Value:"none"

start Property start Number

The zero-based index indicating where to begin retrieving features. This property should be used in conjunction with num. Use this to implement paging and retrieve "pages" of results when querying. Features are sorted ascending by object ID by default.

text Property text String

Shorthand for a where clause using "like". The field used is the display field defined in the services directory.

Default Value:null

timeExtent Property timeExtent TimeExtentautocast

A time extent for a temporal query against time-aware layers. For example, it can be used to discover all crimes that occurred during the night shift from 10 PM to 6 AM on a particular date.

Example

let layer = new FeatureLayer( ... );
let timeExtent = new TimeExtent({
  start: new Date(1992, 0, 1),
  end: new Date(1992, 11, 31)
});
let timeQuery = new Query({
  timeExtent: timeExtent
});
layerView.queryFeatures(timeQuery).then(function(featureSet) { ... });

units Property units String |null |undefined

The unit for calculating the buffer distance when distance is specified in spatial queries. If units is not specified, the unit is derived from the geometry spatial reference. If the geometry spatial reference is not specified, the unit is derived from the feature service data spatial reference. For service-based queries, this parameter only applies if the layer's capabilities.query.supportsDistance is true.

Default Value:null

Example

// Query at a distance in pixels of the query geometry.
// Use the unit of the query geometry's spatial reference.
layerView.queryFeatures({
  geometry: event.mapPoint,
  distance: 2 * view.resolution,
  returnGeometry: true
}).then(processResults);

where Property where String |null |undefined

A where clause for the query. Any legal SQL where clause operating on the fields in the layer is allowed. Be sure to have the correct sequence of single and double quotes when writing the where clause in JavaScript.

Examples

query.where = "NAME = '" + stateName + "'";

query.where = "POP04 > " + population;

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

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(){Query}

Creates a deep clone of Query object.

Returns

Type	Description
Query	A new instance of a Query object equal to the object used to call `.clone()`.

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.

Type Definitions

CompositeTransformation Type Definition CompositeTransformation Object

Properties

geoTransforms Object []

Specification: wkid Number

the spatial reference well known id.

transformForward Boolean

indicates whether to transform forward or not.

SimpleTransformation Type Definition SimpleTransformation Object

Property: wkid Number

the spatial reference well known id