bfs_get_data_comments: Get the comments of a BFS dataset

In BFS: Get Data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office

Get the comments of a BFS dataset

Description

Get the comments (footnotes) of a dataset of the PXWeb API, e.g. on provisional values or changes of definition.

Usage

bfs_get_data_comments(
  number_bfs,
  language = "de",
  query = NULL,
  clean_names = FALSE,
  delay = NULL
)

Arguments

number_bfs	The BFS number of a dataset, e.g. "px-x-1502040100_131".
language	Language of the dataset: "de" (default), "fr", "it" or "en".
query	Optional selection of the data: a named list with the variable codes as names and the value codes as values (columns code and values of bfs_get_metadata()), e.g. list(Jahr = c("40", "41"), Geschlecht = "*"). "*" selects all values. A variable not in query is left out of the result (totals over it), if the dataset allows it. If NULL (default), the whole dataset is downloaded.
clean_names	If TRUE, clean the column names with janitor::clean_names().
delay	Optional number of seconds to wait before downloading the data, to avoid "Too Many Requests" errors when calling the API in a loop.

Details

The PXWeb API is the API of STAT-TAB, which the BFS is replacing with the Swiss Stats Explorer.

Value

A tibble with one row per comment. Returns NULL if there is no internet connection.

See Also

bfs_get_data()

Examples

bfs_get_data_comments(number_bfs = "px-x-1502040100_131", language = "en")

BFS documentation built on Oct. 21, 2026, 1:07 a.m.