check_data_dict_variables {madshapR}

Assess a data dictionary for potential issues in variables

Description

Generates a data frame report of any non-unique variable names in the 'Variables' element. This report can be used to help assess data structure, presence of fields, coherence across elements, and taxonomy or data dictionary formats.

Usage

check_data_dict_variables(data_dict)

Arguments

data_dict

A list of data frame(s) representing metadata to be evaluated.

Details

A data dictionary contains the list of variables in a dataset and metadata about the variables and can be associated with a dataset. A data dictionary object is a list of data frame(s) named 'Variables' (required) and 'Categories' (if any). To be usable in any function, the data frame 'Variables' must contain at least the name column, with all unique and non-missing entries, and the data frame 'Categories' must contain at least the variable and name columns, with unique combination of variable and name.

Value

A data frame providing non unique variables across a data dictionary.

Examples

{

# use madshapR_DEMO provided by the package

data_dict <- madshapR_DEMO$`data_dict_TOKYO - errors`
check_data_dict_variables(data_dict)

}