convergEU (version 0.7.3.2)

extract_indicator_ECG: Create a dataset (tibble) for an ECG indicator.

Description

From the ECG database, a dataset is created whose structure is years by countries.

Usage

extract_indicator_ECG(
  indicator_code,
  fromTime,
  toTime,
  countries = convergEU_glb()$EU27$memberStates$codeMS,
  type_flag = FALSE
)

Value

a dataset (tibble) years by countries

Arguments

indicator_code

one of the following strings:"dataset2", "demo_magec_AND_demo_pjan"

fromTime

first year to be considered

toTime

last year to be considered

countries

a collection of strings representing countries in the standard two letters format

type_flag

if FALSE data are returned, otherwise the type of indicator is returned; if METADATA_ECG is selected, NA is returned

Details

If the indicator_code is equal to "METADATA_ECG" then information on available indicators is provided as a dataframe (tibble): names of indicators are contained in the variable "Worksheet name".

Examples

# Extract metadata:
myTB1 <- extract_indicator_ECG(
    indicator_code = "METADATA_ECG" #Code_in_database
    )

# Extract indicator "dataset2" from 2010 to 2021:
myTB2 <- extract_indicator_ECG(
    indicator_code = "dataset2", #Code_in_database
    fromTime=2010,
    toTime=2021)