.SAMADB_ID

.SAMADB_T

The macro <code>.SAMADB_ID</code> contains the string <code>c("dsid", "series")</code> denoting
the names of ID variables that identify the cross-sectional dimension in the database. All series codes are unique across datasets.
The macro <code>.SAMADB_T</code> contains the string
<code>c("date", "year", "quarter", "month", "day")</code> denoting temporal identifiers generated by <code>sm_expand_date</code>.
The <code>"date"</code> variable is sufficient to uniquely identify a point in time in the database.
Each value in the database is uniquely identified by dsid, series and date.

datasets

An R API providing access to a relational database with macroeconomic time series data for South Africa,
obtained from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and Statistics South Africa (STATSSA), and updated on a weekly basis
via the EconData <https://www.econdata.co.za/> platform and automated scraping of the SARB and STATSSA websites.
The database is maintained at the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University.

.SAMADB_ID: Global Identifier Macros

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