Simulate an "old" version by modifying a measure's data file — simulate_old_release • pipaux

Simulate an "old" version by modifying a measure's data file

Usage

simulate_old_release(
  base_dir = getOption("pipaux.working_dir"),
  root_dir = Sys.getenv("PIP_ROOT_DIR"),
  old_release = "20250101_TEST",
  measure,
  seed = 123
)

Arguments

base_dir: Base directory containing the version folders
root_dir: Root directory of PIP data. Defaults tpo Sys.getenv("PIP_ROOT_DIR")
old_release: The name of the old release folder to simulate changes in
measure: Character. The name of the measure folder (e.g. "gdp")
seed: An optional seed for reproducibility

Value

Invisibly returns the modified data.table