ds2dd

library(stRoke)

Easy data set to data base workflow

This function can be used as a simple tool for creating at data base metadata file for REDCap (called a DataDictionary) based on a given data set file.

Step 1 - Load your data set

Here we’ll use the sample TALOS dataset included with the package.

data("talos")
# As the data set lacks an ID column, one is added
talos$id <- seq_len(nrow(talos))

Step 2 - Create the DataDictionary

datadictionary <- ds2dd(talos,record.id = "id")

Now additional specifications to the DataDictionary can be made manually, or it can be uploaded and modified manually in the graphical user interface on the web page.

Step 3 - Upload

Now the DataDictionary can be exported as a spreadsheet and uploaded or it can be uploaded using the REDCapR package (only projects with “Development” status).

Use one of the two approaches below:

Manual upload

write.csv(datadictionary,"datadictionary.csv")

Upload with `REDCapR`

REDCapR::redcap_metadata_write(
  datadictionary,
  redcap_uri = keyring::key_get("DB_URI"),
  token = keyring::key_get("DB_TOKEN")
)

In the “REDCap R Handbook” more is written on interfacing with REDCap in R using the library(keyring)to store credentials in chapter 1.1.