set_source {cohortBuilder}

Create Cohort source

Description

Source is an object storing information about data source such as source type, primary keys and relations between stored data.

Usage

set_source(
  dtconn,
  ...,
  primary_keys = NULL,
  binding_keys = NULL,
  source_code = NULL,
  description = NULL
)

## S3 method for class 'tblist'
set_source(
  dtconn,
  primary_keys = NULL,
  binding_keys = NULL,
  source_code = NULL,
  description = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

dtconn

An object defining source data connection.

...

Source type specific parameters. Available in 'attributes' list of resulting object.

primary_keys

Definition of primary keys describing source data (if valid). When provided, affects the output of attrition data plot. See primary_keys.

binding_keys

Definition of binding keys describing relations in source data (if valid). When provided, affects post filtering data. See binding-keys.

source_code

Expression presenting low-level code for creating source. When provided, used as a part of reproducible code output.

description

A named list storing the source objects description. Can be accessed with description Cohort method.

Value

R6 object of class inherited from 'dtconn'.

Examples

mtcars_source <- set_source(
  tblist(mtcars = mtcars),
  source_code = quote({
    source <- list(dtconn = list(datasets = mtcars))
  })
)
mtcars_source$attributes