Package index • redcaptools

Exporting data

Functions for communicating with the REDCap API

redcap_export_tbl(): Export tables from REDCap

redcap_export_byform(): Export REDCap data by form

redcap_export_batch(): Export data in batches

redcap_export_meta(): Export the most important REDCap metadata tables

Working with manually exported datasets

REDcap can export data through the web interface too. These functions may be helpful in such cases.

redcap_toform(): Convert manually downloaded REDCap data into a list of forms

Preparing data for analysis

Functions for converting from REDCap’s data representation to a more useful format for analysis

redcap_prep(): Convert REDCap variable types (dates, datetimes, factors) and apply labels

redcap_prep_dates() redcap_prep_datetimes(): Convert dates stored as strings to Date variables

singlechoice_factor(): create factors for single choice variables

multichoice_factor(): create factors for multiple choice variables

label_others(): Label non-single/multiple choice/date(time) fields singlechoice_factor, multichoice_factor, rc_date and rc_datetime

convert_to_logical(): Convert variables to logical

remove_empty_rows(): Analagous to `janitor::remove_empty(..., "rows")`, but allows ignoring specific variables

Exploring metadata

Functions for exploring the metadata of a REDCap project

singlechoice_opts() multichoice_opts(): Get options for single and multi choice questions

Preparing data for import INTO REDCap

REDCap expects data to be in a specific format for import. These functions help to format the data appropriately, including guiding the user through converting from an old data format to the REDCap format.

redcap_import_select(): REDCap Select and Rename

redcap_import_recode(): REDCap Recode

redcap_import_dates(): REDCap Date Conversion

redcap_import_times(): REDCap Time Conversion

redcap_import_datetime(): REDCap Date-Time Conversion

Demonstration datasets

importdemo_data: Example import data

importdemo_dict: Example data dictionary

Deprecated functions

rc_prep() rc_dates() rc_datetimes() split_by_form(): Deprecated functions These functions have been renamed to be more consistent with the rest of the package. They may be removed in a future version.