normalise: This function normalises the denormalised data assuming the...

In SWS-Methodology/faoswsUtil: A suite of function to support the FAO new Statistical Working System

Description

This function normalises the denormalised data assuming the structure given by the SWS specification.

Usage

normalise(denormalisedData, areaVar = "geographicAreaM49",
  itemVar = "measuredItemCPC", elementVar = "measuredElement",
  yearVar = "timePointYears", flagObsVar = "flagObservationStatus",
  flagMethodVar = "flagMethod", valueVar = "Value",
  removeNonExistingRecords = TRUE)

Arguments

denormalisedData	The data.table or data.frame object which is denormalised in the form returned by the GetData function when the normalised argument is set to FALSE.
areaVar	The column name corresponding to the geographic area.
itemVar	The column name corresponding to the commodity item.
elementVar	The column name corresponding to the measured element.
yearVar	The column name corresponding to the year.
flagObsVar	The column name corresponding to the observation status flag.
flagMethodVar	The column name corresponding to the method flag.
valueVar	The column name corresponding to the value.
removeNonExistingRecords	logical, whether records where flag observation and method are NA should be removed.

Value

A normalised data.table or data.frame object (depending on the type of object passed in as denormalisedData) in the same form returned by the GetData function when the normalised argument is set to TRUE.

SWS-Methodology/faoswsUtil documentation built on May 9, 2019, 11:53 a.m.