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Add attribute to a data model

attribute_create.Rd

Add attribute to a data model

Usage

attribute_create(
  data.model,
  name,
  type,
  default.val = NULL,
  default.fun = NULL,
  default.arg = NULL,
  filter = NULL,
  skip = NULL,
  sort.rank = NULL,
  sort.desc = NULL
)

Arguments

data.model

a mandatory data model, structured as an output of data_model() function

name

a mandatory character string for the new attribute name

type

a mandatory character string for the new attribute type

default.val

an optional named vector of values, defining the default values.

default.fun

an optional named vector of functions, defining the default functions to be used to generate default values.

default.arg

an optional named vector of arguments, to pass along with the default function.

filter

an optional character vector, with the name(s) of the attribute(s) to filter

skip

an optional character vector, with the name(s) of the attribute(s) to skip

sort.rank

an optional named numeric vector, to define sort orders

sort.desc

an optional named logical vector, to define if sort should be descending

Value

the updated data model

See also

data_model()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
attribute_create(data.model = mydatamodel, name = "new_attribute", type = "character")
attribute_create(data.model = mydatamodel, name = "total", type = "numeric", default.val = 0)
attribute_create(data.model = mydatamodel, name = "date", type = "Date", default.fun = "Sys.Date")
attribute_create(data.model = mydatamodel, name = "progress", type = "integer", skip = "progress")
attribute_create(data.model = mydatamodel, name = "internal", type = "logical", filter = "internal")
} # }