joinVisitNotes: joinVisitNotes: compiles plot, stand, and soils notes

In KateMMiller/forestNETN: Package for importing, joining and querying NETN forest database tables

joinVisitNotes: compiles plot, stand, and soils notes

Description

This function combines all notes collected for a given plot and/or visit

Usage

joinVisitNotes(
  park = "all",
  from = 2006,
  to = as.numeric(format(Sys.Date(), "%Y")),
  QAQC = FALSE,
  panels = 1:4,
  locType = c("VS", "all"),
  eventType = c("complete", "all"),
  noteType = c("visit", "all"),
  ...
)

Arguments

park	Combine data from all parks or one or more parks at a time. Valid inputs: "all" Includes all parks in the network "ACAD" Acadia NP only "MABI" Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP only "MIMA" Minute Man NHP only "MORR" Morristown NHP only "ROVA" Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS only "SAGA" Saint-Gaudens NHS only "SARA" Saratoga NHP only "WEFA" Weir Farm NHS only
from	Year to start analysis, ranging from 2006 to current year
to	Year to stop analysis, ranging from 2006 to current year
QAQC	Allows you to remove or include QAQC events. FALSE Default. Only returns visits that are not QAQC visits TRUE Returns all visits, including QAQC visits
panels	Allows you to select individual panels from 1 to 4. Default is all 4 panels (1:4). If more than one panel is selected, specify by c(1, 3), for example.
locType	Allows you to only include plots that are part of the GRTS sample design or include all plots, such as deer exclosures. "VS" Only include plots that are part of the Vital Signs GRTS sample design "all" Include all plots, such as plots in deer exclosures or test plots.
eventType	Allows you to include only complete sampling events or all sampling events "complete" Default. Only include sampling events for a plot that are complete. "all Include all plot events with a record in tblCOMN.Event, including plots missing most of the data associated with that event (eg ACAD-029.2010). This feature is currently hard-coded in the function.
noteType	"visit" Default. Only return notes recorded at the visit level. "all" Return visit and plot-level notes.
...	Other arguments passed to function.

Value

Returns a dataframe with all notes related to a plot and visit. Only returns records with notes. The Note_Info column indicates the data type the note relates to. The Sample_Info column includes information about the data that may help interpret the note.

Examples

## Not run: 
importData()
# compile notes for plots sampled in MORR in 2019
MORR_notes <- joinVisitNotes(park = 'MORR', from = 2019, to = 2019, noteType = 'visit')

## End(Not run)

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