extractDbData {birdscanR}

Extract DB Data

Description

Load the data from the database or file and save it to file

Usage

extractDbData(
  dbDriverChar = "SQL Server",
  dbServer = NULL,
  dbName = NULL,
  dbUser = NULL,
  dbPwd = NULL,
  saveDbToFile = FALSE,
  dbDataDir = NULL,
  radarTimeZone = NULL,
  targetTimeZone = "Etc/GMT0",
  listOfRfFeaturesToExtract = NULL,
  siteLocation = NULL,
  sunOrCivil = "civil",
  crepuscule = "nauticalSolar"
)

Arguments

dbDriverChar

'SQL Server' The name of the driver. Should be either 'SQL Server' or 'PostgreSQL'. If 'PostgreSQL', it connects to cloud.birdradar.com

dbServer

NULL The name of the Server

dbName

NULL The name of the Database

dbUser

NULL The USER name of the Server

dbPwd

NULL The password for the user name

saveDbToFile

FALSE Set to TRUE if you want to save the extracted database data to an rds file. The output filename is automatically set to dbName_DataExtract.rds

dbDataDir

NULL The path to the output directory where to store the extracted dataset. If the directory does not exist, it will be created.

radarTimeZone

NULL String specifying the radar time zone. Default is NULL: extract the time zone from the site table of the 'SQL' database.

targetTimeZone

"Etc/GMT0" String specifying the target time zone. Default is "Etc/GMT0".

listOfRfFeaturesToExtract

NULL or a list of feature to extract

siteLocation

Geographic location of the radar measurements in decimal format: c(Latitude, Longitude)

sunOrCivil

optional character variable, Set to “sun” to use sunrise/sunset times or to “civil” to use civil twilight times to group echoes into day/night. Default is "civil".

crepuscule

optional character variable, Set to “nauticalSolar” to use the time between nautical dusk/dawn and sunrise/sunset times to define the crepuscular period, or to "nauticalCivil" to use the time between nautical and civil dusk/dawn to define the crepuscular period, or to "civilSolar" to use the time between civil dusk/dawn and sunrise/sunset times to define the crepuscular period. Default is "nauticalSolar".

Value

a list of R objects with data extracted from the Database: 'echoData', 'protocolData', 'siteData', 'visibilityData', 'timeBinData', 'rfFeatures', 'availableClasses', 'classProbabilitiesAndMtrFactors'

Author(s)

Fabian Hertner, [e-mail]; Birgen Haest, [e-mail]

Examples

## Not run: 
# Set server, database, and other input settings
# ===========================================================================
  dbServer       = "MACHINE\\SERVERNAME"     # Set the name of your SQL server
  dbName         = "db_Name"                   # Set the name of your database
  dbDriverChar   = "SQL Server"                # Set either "SQL Server" or "PostgreSQL"
  mainOutputDir  = file.path(".", "results")
  radarTimeZone  = "Etc/GMT0"
  targetTimeZone = "Etc/GMT0"
  listOfRfFeaturesToExtract = c(167, 168)
  siteLocation   = c(47.494427, 8.716432)
  sunOrCivil   = "civil"
 
# Get data
# ===========================================================================
  dbData = extractDbData(dbDriverChar                   = dbDriverChar,
                         dbServer                       = dbServer, 
                         dbName                         = dbName, 
                         saveDbToFile                   = TRUE,
                         dbDataDir                      = mainOutputDir,
                         radarTimeZone                  = radarTimeZone,
                         targetTimeZone                 = targetTimeZone,
                         listOfRfFeaturesToExtract      = listOfRfFeaturesToExtract,
                         siteLocation                   = siteLocation, 
                         sunOrCivil                   = sunOrCivil,
                         crepuscule                     = "nauticalSolar")

## End(Not run)