Access Measures from Unified Database — boilerplate

This function extracts and returns the measures portion of a unified database, optionally retrieving a specific measure by name.

Usage

boilerplate_measures(unified_db, name = NULL)

Arguments

unified_db: List. The unified boilerplate database
name: Character. Optional specific measure to retrieve

Value

List. The requested measures database or specific measure

Examples

# Import all databases
unified_db <- boilerplate_import()
#> ℹ importing all categories
#> ℹ using default path: /Users/joseph/GIT/boilerplate/boilerplate/data
#> ! data directory does not exist: /Users/joseph/GIT/boilerplate/boilerplate/data
#> ℹ importing measures database
#> ! measures database file not found, using default
#> ℹ importing methods database
#> ! methods database file not found, using default
#> ℹ importing results database
#> ! results database file not found, using default
#> ℹ importing discussion database
#> ! discussion database file not found, using default
#> ℹ importing appendix database
#> ! appendix database file not found, using default
#> ℹ importing template database
#> ! template database file not found, using default

# Get all measures
measures_db <- boilerplate_measures(unified_db)

# Get a specific measure
anxiety_measure <- boilerplate_measures(unified_db, "anxiety_gad7")
#> Error in boilerplate_measures(unified_db, "anxiety_gad7"): measure 'anxiety_gad7' not found