Datasets

library(REDCapSync)

Start by loading an existing or test project. There are two named datasets by default: REDCapSync and REDCapSync_raw.

save_dir <- tempdir() # replace with your intended folder

project <- load_project("TEST_CLASSIC")

project$sync() #optional sync

dataset <- project$load_dataset("REDCapSync")

# add quick custom variable
# in future version you can use project$add_field for this
dataset$data$merged$letter_b <- dataset$data$merged$var_text_letters == "b"

# send data in global environment
dataset$to_envir(globalenv())
 
# save data in custom location
dataset$save(dir_other = save_dir)

# open folder where file was saved
browseURL(save_dir)

You can also chain together certain functions… So this is the same as above.

save_dir <- tempdir() # replace with your intended folder

dataset <- projects$load("TEST_CLASSIC")$sync()$load_dataset("REDCapSync")
# add quick custom variable
# in future version you can use project$add_field for this
dataset$data$merged$letter_b <- dataset$data$merged$var_text_letters == "b"

# send data in global environment
dataset$to_envir(globalenv())
 
# save data in custom location
dataset$save(dir_other = save_dir) # dir_other not needed for non-test-projects

# open folder where file was saved
browseURL(save_dir)

This single line will load, sync, generate dataset, and send to your global environment!

projects$load("TEST_CLASSIC")$sync()$load_dataset("REDCapSync", envir = globalenv())

You can also generate ad-hoc custom datasets. But if you plan to keep it refreshing to the directory you can add it to your project. The next time you run sync it will be passed to you directory as defined.

save_dir <- tempdir() # replace with your intended folder

#load and sync (load_project(...) is the same as projects$load(...))
project <- load_project("TEST_LONGITUDINAL")$sync()

# see field_names
project$metadata$fields$field_name

males_dataset <- project$generate_dataset(dataset_name = "males", 
                                          envir = globalenv(), # global environ
                                          filter_field = "birth_sex", 
                                          filter_choices = "Male")
# if you check merged and survey it will only contain males
unique(males_dataset$data$merged$birth_sex) # Male
unique(males_dataset$data$survey$birth_sex) # Male

females_dataset <- project$generate_dataset(dataset_name = "females", 
                                            envir = globalenv(), # global environ
                                            filter_field = "birth_sex", 
                                            filter_choices = "Female")
# if you check merged and survey it will only contain males
unique(females_dataset$data$merged$birth_sex) # Female
unique(females_dataset$data$survey$birth_sex) # Female

# if you want this saved to excel one time you can do
females_dataset$save(dir_other = save_dir) # dir_other not needed for non-test-projects

# To keep this analysis refreshing with each sync use project$add_dataset(..,)
project$add_dataset(dataset_name = "males", 
                    filter_field = "birth_sex", 
                    filter_choices = "Male")
# not it can be loaded by name!
males_dataset <- project$load_dataset("males") # will not send to global

project$load_dataset("males", envir = globalenv()) # will send to global

project$save_dataset("males") # will save AND keep track in project object

project$sync() # once defined will save datasets with sync

Putting it all together, you should think of meaningful datasets, add them to project with project$add_dataset, load them for use in R with project$load_dataset, and/or save as excel sheets with project$save_dataset or project$sync.

#load and sync add datasets and save
project <- load_project("TEST_LONGITUDINAL")$
  sync()$
  add_dataset(dataset_name = "males", 
              filter_field = "birth_sex", 
              filter_choices = "Male")$
  add_dataset(dataset_name = "females", 
              filter_field = "birth_sex", 
              filter_choices = "Female")
# load males
project$load_dataset("males", envir = globalenv()) # will send to global

# load females
project$load_dataset("females", envir = globalenv()) # will send to global

# load all default
project$load_dataset("REDCapSync", envir = globalenv()) # will send to global

# can trigger saves with `project$save_datasets()` or default `project$sync()`
project$save_datasets()
project$sync()