GenerateMetaTemplate: Flux metadata template-maker function.
In bmcnellis/sapflux: Analyze Sapflux Traces

Description Usage Arguments Details Value See Also Examples

This function generates a metadata template for use with 'flux' class objects and writes it to a .csv, with the option to include file and column names taken from a 'flux' object and return that object invisibly. See ImportMeta for details on what the column names mean and how they should be filled.

1	GenerateMetaTemplate(title, dir = getwd(), flux = NULL, n_treat = 3)

`title`	Title of the metadata file.
`dir`	Directory to generate the file.
`flux`	Flux file to start the template.
`n_treat`	Number of treatment levels in the experiment.

If a 'flux' object is provided, the output file will have the 'FILE' and 'COLUMN_NAME' columns filled in with information taken from the 'raw_data' slot of the flux object, and a flux object will be returned invisibly.

'n_treat“ will specify the number of treatment levels to associate with the flux data. 'Treatment level' here is used in the statistical sense, to refer to e.g. species identity, plot replicate, or site name when SAMPLE is used to refer to individual trees, 'SUB_SAMPLE' to stems on each tree, and 'SUB_SAMPLE_REPLICATE' to probe IDs that are on the same stem on the same tree.

Writes a .csv file to the directory specified by 'dir'. If a 'flux' object is provided, invisibly returns a 'flux' object that can be designated for assignment.

Other preprocess: AutoDropOutliers, BindRawFlux, ConsoleDropOutliers, DropRainyDays, ImportMeta, ImportRawFlux, MetaDataImport, oldBindRawFlux, oldImportRawFlux

# Generates a blank template in the current working directory, with
# a treatment level for each of 'species', 'plot', and 'site. Leave
# out the .csv extension.
GenerateMetaTemplate(title = 'sapflux_project_metadata_May2018')
# Use with an existing flux object, does not change object:
GenerateMetaTemplate(title = 'mydata', flux = 'flux_with_my_data')
# Use with existing flux object, adds the metadata to the flux object
# as well as writing the csv:
new_flux <- GenerateMetaTemplate(title = 'mydata', flux = 'old_flux')