predominance | API Reference | ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.31

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Method Overview

Name	Return Type	Summary	Object
	Promise<RendererResult>	Generates a predominance renderer based on a set of competing numeric fields.	predominance

Method Details

createRenderer Method createRenderer(params){Promise<RendererResult>}

Generates a predominance renderer based on a set of competing numeric fields.

Visualizing predominance involves coloring a layer’s features based on which attribute among a set of competing numeric attributes wins or beats the others in total count. Common applications of this include visualizing election results, survey results, and demographic majorities.

For example, suppose you have a layer of U.S. counties with fields containing the total sales of various crops: wheat, soybeans, corn, cotton, and vegetables. If a feature has the following values for each field:

Field Name	Count	Color
Wheat	130	purple
Soybeans	2000	blue
Corn	0	yellow
Cotton	300	green
Vegetables	120	red

Then the renderer symbolizes the feature with a blue color since Soybeans is the predominant crop.

The predominant field of a feature is determined based on the result of an Arcade expression generated by this method. You are required to provide a layer, view, and list of fields to generate this renderer. Optionally, you can set includeSizeVariable to true to change the size of each feature to indicate how influential the feature is compared to the entire layer as a whole. You can also set includeOpacityVariable to true to add opacity to each feature depending on how strong the predominant field is compared to all the other fields. For the example above, the feature would likely be opaque since Soybeans beats all other features combined by a wide margin. If the Soybean total were still the highest, but only 301, then the feature would be very transparent, indicating the Soybean total wins, but not by a wide margin.

Other options are provided for convenience for more involved custom visualization authoring applications.

Parameters

Specification

params Object

Input parameters for generating a predominance visualization based on a set of competing field(s). See the table below for details of each parameter.

Specification

The layer for which the visualization is generated.

view View

The view instance in which the visualization will be rendered.

fields Object []

A set of competing numeric fields used as the basis of the predominance visualization. For example, if creating an election map, you would indicate the names of each field representing the candidate or political party where total votes are stored.

Specification

name String

The name of a numeric field.

label String

optional

The label describing the field name (or category) in the legend. This is should be used if the given field doesn't have an intuitive field name. For example, for a field named dem representing the total vote count for the Democratic party, you can set the label to Democrat to clarify the name of the category in the final visualization.

includeOpacityVariable Boolean

optional

Indicates whether to include data-driven opacity in the final renderer. If true, features where the predominant value beats all others by a large margin are given a high opacity. Features where the predominant value beats others by a small margin will be assigned a low opacity, indicating that while the feature has a winning value, it doesn't win by much.

predominance-opacity

includeSizeVariable Boolean

optional

Indicates whether to include data-driven size in the final renderer. If true, features will be assigned a sized based on the sum of all competing values in the fields param. Features with small total counts will be sized with small icons or lines depending on the geometry type of the layer, and features with large total counts will be sized with large icons or lines. Enabling this option is good for visualizing how influential a particular feature is compared to the dataset as a whole. It removes bias introduced by features with large geographic areas, but relatively small data values.

predominance-size

outlineOptimizationEnabled Boolean

optional

Default Value: false

Only for polygon layers. Indicates whether the polygon outline width should vary based on view scale. When set, a valid MapView instance must be provided in the view parameter. This option is not supported for 3D SceneViews.

sizeOptimizationEnabled Boolean

optional

Default Value: false

Indicates whether symbol sizes should vary based on view scale. When set, a valid MapView instance must be provided in the view parameter. This option is not supported for 3D SceneViews.

filter FeatureFilter

optional

Since 4.31 When defined, only features included in the filter are considered in the attribute and spatial statistics calculations when determining the final renderer. This is useful when a lot of variation exists in the data that could result in undesired data ranges. A common use case would be to set a filter that only includes features in the current extent of the view where the data is most likely to be viewed. Currently, only geometry filters with an intersects spatial relationship are supported. All other filter types (including where) are ignored.

legendOptions Object

optional

Provides options for modifying Legend properties describing the visualization.

Specification

title String

optional

The title used to describe the renderer in the Legend.

showLegend Boolean

optional

Indicates whether to include the renderer in the legend.

statistics SummaryStatisticsResult

optional

A statistics object generated from the summaryStatistics function. The createAgeRenderer() method generates an Arcade expression and executes a statistics query against the layer for the result of the expression. If statistics for the expression have already been generated, then pass the object here to avoid making a second statistics query.

sortBy String

optional

Default Value: count

Indicates how values should be sorted in the Legend. See the table below for information about values that may be passed to this parameter.

Possible Value	Description
count	Unique values/types will be sorted from highest to lowest based on the count of features that fall in each category.
value	Unique values/types will be sorted in the order they were specified in the `fields` parameter.

Possible Values:"count"|"value"

predominanceScheme PredominanceScheme

optional

In authoring apps, the user may select a pre-defined predominance scheme. Pass the scheme object to this property to avoid getting one based on the background of the view.

symbolType String

optional

Default Value: 2d

The type of symbol to generate. This depends on the view in which you are working and the desired visualization. This parameter does not need to be specified for layers with a mesh geometry type. Possible values are described below.

Value	Description
2d	Generates a visualization using 2D symbols such as SimpleMarkerSymbol, SimpleLineSymbol, or SimpleFillSymbol. Use this option if generating a visualization for data in a MapView.
3d-flat	Generates a visualization using 3D symbols with flat symbol layers such as IconSymbol3DLayer, LineSymbol3DLayer, or FillSymbol3DLayer. Use this option if generating a 2D visualization for data in a SceneView.
3d-volumetric	Generates a visualization using 3D symbols with volumetric symbol layers such as ObjectSymbol3DLayer, PathSymbol3DLayer, or ExtrudeSymbol3DLayer. Use this option if generating a 3D visualization for data in a SceneView. A SceneView instance must be provided to the `view` parameter if this option is used.
3d-volumetric-uniform	Generates a visualization using uniformly sized 3D symbols with volumetric symbol layers. Use this option if generating a 3D visualization for data in a SceneView and the symbol should be sizes uniformly, for example with spheres. A SceneView instance must be provided to the `view` parameter if this option is used.

Possible Values:"2d"|"3d-flat"|"3d-volumetric"|"3d-volumetric-uniform"

defaultSymbolEnabled Boolean

optional

Default Value: true

Enables the defaultSymbol on the renderer and assigns it to features with no value.

colorMixMode String

optional

Default Value: replace

This option only applies to generating renderers for mesh SceneLayers. Specifies how the symbol's color is applied to the geometry color/texture. See the documentation in FillSymbol3DLayer.material for more context. See the table below for possible values.

Value	Description
tint	Applies the symbol `color` to the desaturated geometry/texture color.
replace	Removes the geometry/texture color and applies the symbol `color`.
multiply	Multiplies geometry/texture color value with the symbol `color` value. The result is a darker color. Multiplying with white keeps the geometry color the same.

forBinning Boolean

optional

Indicates whether the generated renderer is for a binning visualization. If true, then the input field(s) in this method should refer to aggregate fields defined in the featureReduction property of the layer.

signal AbortSignal

optional

Allows for cancelable requests. If canceled, the promise will be rejected with an error named AbortError. See also AbortController.

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<RendererResult>	Resolves to an instance of RendererResult.

Example

const layer = new FeatureLayer({
  url: "https://services.arcgis.com/V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0/arcgis/rest/services/USA_County_Crops_2007/FeatureServer/0"
});

// will create a visualization of predominant crop by U.S. county

const params = {
  layer: layer,
  view: view,
  fields: [{
    name: "M217_07",
    label: "Vegetables"
  }, {
    name: "M188_07",
    label: "Cotton"
  }, {
    name: "M172_07",
    label: "Wheat"
  }, {
    name: "M193_07",
    label: "Soybeans"
  }, {
    name: "M163_07",
    label: "Corn"
  }],
  includeOpacityInfo: true
};

// when the promise resolves, apply the renderer to the layer
predominanceRendererCreator.createRenderer(params)
  .then(function(response){
    layer.renderer = response.renderer;
  });

Type Definitions

RendererResult Type Definition RendererResult

The result object of the createRenderer() method. See the table below for details of each property.

Properties: renderer UniqueValueRenderer

The unique value renderer object representing the predominance visualization. Set this on a layer's renderer property to update its visualization.

predominantCategoryInfos UniqueValueInfo []

An array of objects describing the value, symbol, and count of each unique type or category represented in the renderer.

excludedCategoryInfos Object []

An array of objects describing the values or categories excluded from consideration in visualizing data from the given fields. The specification of each object matches that of the objects specified in the predominantCategoryInfos property.

size VisualVariableResult

optional
A size visual variable representing the total count of all fields included in the predominance visualization. This is included if the includeSizeVariable parameter is true.

opacity VisualVariableResult

optional
An opacity visual variable representing the percentage of the total count comprised by the predominant value of all fields. This variable indicates the strength of a particular value's predominance compared to the other values.

predominanceScheme PredominanceScheme

The predominance scheme used by the renderer.

basemapId String

The ID of the basemap used to determine the optimal fill color of the features.

basemapTheme String

Indicates whether the average color of the input view's basemap is light or dark.