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title: "createVisibilityExpression | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Documentation for MapTiler SDK"
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# Function createVisibilityExpression

-   createVisibilityExpression(  
        visibility: [VisibilitySpecification](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/VisibilitySpecification/),  
        globalState: [Record](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.Record/)<string, any\>,  
    ): [VisibilityExpression](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/interfaces/VisibilityExpression/)[](#createvisibilityexpression)
    
    Creates a visibility expression from a visibility specification.
    
    #### Parameters
    
    -   visibility: [VisibilitySpecification](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/VisibilitySpecification/)
        
        the visibility specification, literal or expression
        
    -   globalState: [Record](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.Record/)<string, any\>
        
        the global state object
        
    
    #### Returns [VisibilityExpression](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/interfaces/VisibilityExpression/)
    
    visibility expression object