const rotationVisualVariable = {
  type: "rotation",
  field: "heading",
  rotationType: "geographic"
};
renderer.visualVariables = [ rotationVisualVariable ];

Property Overview

Property Details

axisString

Only applicable when working in a SceneView. Defines the axis the rotation visual variable should be applied to when rendering features with an ObjectSymbol3DLayer.

If the symbol resource is aligned such that its forward facing side points in the direction of the y-axis (the y-axis always points North in WGS84 or WebMercator coordinates), its upwards facing side is pointing in the direction of the z-axis, and its right-hand side points in the direction of the x-axis (the x-axis always points East in WGS84 or WebMercator coordinates), then the following rotation axis will rotate the symbol as indicated by their name.

Possible Value	Description
heading	The rotation of the symbol in the horizontal plane (i.e., around the z axis).
tilt	The rotation of the symbol in the longitudinal vertical plane (i.e., around the x axis).
roll	The rotation of the symbol in the lateral vertical plane (i.e., around the y axis).

Default Value:heading

declaredClassStringreadonly inherited

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

fieldString inherited

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

indexString|Number inherited

The index of the visual variable in relation to its position in the visualVariables property of the renderer.

legendOptionsObject inherited

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.

rotationTypeString

Defines the origin and direction of rotation depending on how the angle of rotation was measured. See the table below for a list of possible values. This property only applies to rotations around the heading axis.

Value	Description
geographic	Rotates the symbol from the north in a clockwise direction.
arithmetic	Rotates the symbol from the east in a counter-clockwise direction.

Default Value:geographic

typeStringreadonly

The visual variable type. For RotationVariable, this value is always rotation.

valueExpressionString inherited

An Arcade expression evaluating to a number. This expression can reference field values using the $feature global variable and perform mathematical calculations and logical evaluations at runtime. The values returned from this expression are the data used to drive the visualization. This takes precedence over field. Therefore, this property is typically used as an alternative to field in visual variables.

See also:

• Arcade - expression language

valueExpressionTitleString inherited

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

Method Details

clone(){RotationVariable}

Creates a deep clone of the RotationVariable.

Returns:

Type	Description
RotationVariable	A deep clone of the rotation visual variable that invoked this method.

Example:

// Creates a deep clone of the visual variable
var renderer = renderer.visualVariables[0].clone();

fromJSON(json){*}static

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

toJSON(){Object}

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

Returns:

Type	Description
Object	The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.