set_metadata {geogenr}

Set metadata layer

Description

The metadata layer includes the names and description through various fields of the variables contained in the reports.

Usage

set_metadata(geo, metadata)

## S3 method for class 'acs_5yr_geo'
set_metadata(geo, metadata)

Arguments

geo

An acs_5yr_geo object.

metadata

A tibble object.

Details

When we set the metadata layer, after filtering it, the data layer is also filtered keeping only the variables from the metadata layer.

Value

A sf object.

See Also

Other data exploitation and export functions: as_GeoPackage(), as_acs_5yr_geo(), as_flat_table(), as_geomultistar(), as_star_database(), get_metadata()

Examples

act <- anrc_2021_x01 |>
  select_report(report = "B01002-Median Age By Sex")

geo <- act |>
  as_acs_5yr_geo()

metadata <- geo |>
  get_metadata()

metadata <- dplyr::filter(metadata, item2 == "Female")

geo2 <- geo |>
  set_metadata(metadata)