create_contoso_duckdb: Creates DuckDB database with Contoso datasets

In contoso: Dataset of the 'Contoso' Company

Creates DuckDB database with Contoso datasets

Description

Creates a DuckDB connection with Contoso datasets loaded from cloud storage. The datasets are stored as Parquet files on Backblaze B2 and streamed directly into DuckDB.

Usage

create_contoso_duckdb(size = "small")

Arguments

size	Dataset size: "small", "medium", "large", or "mega"

Details

The create_contoso_duckdb() function creates views for the following Contoso datasets:

• sales: Contains sales transaction data.

• product: Contains details about products, including attributes like product name, manufacturer, and category.

• customer: Contains customer demographic and geographic information.

• store: Contains information about store locations and attributes.

• fx: Contains foreign exchange rate data for currency conversion.

• calendar: Contains various date-related information, including day, week, month, and year.

• orders: Contains order header information.

• orderrows: Contains order line items.

Available sizes (approximate sales rows):

• small: ~8,000 rows

• medium: ~2.3 million rows

• large: ~47 million rows

• mega: ~237 million rows

Value

A list containing:

• sales, product, customer, store, fx, calendar, orders, orderrows: lazy tbl objects

• con: the DuckDB connection (use DBI::dbDisconnect(db$con, shutdown = TRUE) when done)

Examples

## Not run: 
  db <- create_contoso_duckdb(size = "small")
  db$sales |> head()
  DBI::dbDisconnect(db$con, shutdown = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

contoso documentation built on Feb. 4, 2026, 9:07 a.m.