Common Issues facing Datasets

[bms63]

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[bms63]

Collate common issues noticed in dataset compares, package issues, etc.

[kaz462]

1. Package issue tracking

1.1 Package issues

• haven::read_xpt()
  Some attributes are dropped after using haven::write_xpt() haven::read_xpt(), e.g., type, length.
  to do: further check

• xportr::xportr_length()
NA_character_ is considered as length 2 - issue resolved on Dec 14, 2022
  to do: to be incorporated in pilot3

1.2 Potential improvement

• metatools::build_from_derived()
build_from_derived() produces unexpected results if unnecessary dataset is in ds_list pharmaverse/metatools#46
  Not urgent feature but nice to have - especially when define.xml is not in good quality

2. Knowledge sharing

Summary of similarities and differences between packages, to help user identify the best tool that suits the need.
Maybe this could go to Bayer SAS2R catalog in the future,

metatools vs xportr

• metatools::set_variable_labels() vs xportr::xportr_label()

xportr vs haven

• xportr::xportr_write() vs haven::write_xpt()

diffdf vs arsenal

• diffdf::diffdf() vs arsenal::comparedf()

[laxamanaj]

Lets add this to wiki : https://github.com/RConsortium/submissions-pilot3-adam/wiki

in a new page.

[kaz462]

• haven::read_xpt()
  Some attributes are dropped after using haven::write_xpt() haven::read_xpt(), e.g., type, length.
  to do: further check

just found an issue has been posted for haven::read_sas/xpt
tidyverse/haven#718

[laxamanaj]

Thank you, @kaz462 for creating this issue and tracking common issues. I was able to add this as new page to our wiki, which is here : https://github.com/RConsortium/submissions-pilot3-adam/wiki/Common-Issues

For now I will go ahead and close this issue. If any further Common Issues come up, we can add them directly to this new Wiki page.