checkTrendStructure: Checks compatibility of two 'eatGADS' data bases.

In eatGADS: Data Management of Large Hierarchical Data

Checks compatibility of two eatGADS data bases.

Description

This function checks if both data bases perform identical joins via foreign keys, if they contain the same variable names and if these variables have the same value labels. Results of this comparison are reported on data table level as messages and as an output list.

Usage

checkTrendStructure(filePath1, filePath2)

Arguments

filePath1	Path of the first eatGADS .db file.
filePath2	Path of the second eatGADS .db file.

Details

An error is thrown if the key structure or the data table structure differs between the two data bases. Differences regarding meta data for missing value labels and for variables labels (and formatting) are ignored.

Reported differences regarding meta data can be inspected further via inspectMetaDifferences.

Value

Returns a report list.

eatGADS documentation built on June 8, 2025, 12:42 p.m.