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Query qualifier information of recordings (relevé) from INBOVEG

Source: R/get_inboveg_qualifier.R
get_inboveg_qualifier.Rd

This function queries the INBOVEG database for qualifier information (site qualifier or management qualifier)on recordings for one or more surveys.

Usage

get_inboveg_qualifier(
  connection,
  survey_name,
  qualifier_type,
  multiple = FALSE
)

Arguments

connection

dbconnection with the database 'Cydonia' on the inbo-sql07-prd server

survey_name

A character string or a character vector, depending on multiple parameter, giving the name or names of the survey(s) for which you want to extract recordings information. If missing, all surveys are returned.

qualifier_type

A character vector giving the name of qualifier type for which you want to extract information e.g. 'SQ' (site qualifier), 'MQ' (management qualifier). If missing, all qualifier types are returned.

multiple

If TRUE, survey_name can take a character vector with multiple survey names that must match exactly. If FALSE (the default), survey_name must be a single character string (one survey name) that can include wildcards to allow partial matches

Value

A dataframe with variables RecordingGivid (unique Id), UserReference, Observer, QualifierType, QualifierCode, Description, 2nd QualifierCode, 2nd Description, 3rd QualifierCode, 3rd Description, Elucidation, in case qualifier is 'NotSure', ParentID, QualifierResource

See also

Other inboveg: get_inboveg_classification(), get_inboveg_header(), get_inboveg_layer_cover(), get_inboveg_layer_qualifier(), get_inboveg_ppa(), get_inboveg_recording(), get_inboveg_relation_recording(), get_inboveg_survey()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
library(inbodb)
con <- connect_inbo_dbase("D0010_00_Cydonia")

# get the qualifiers from one survey
qualifiers_heischraal2012 <- get_inboveg_qualifier(con, survey_name =
"MILKLIM_Heischraal2012")

# get all site qualifiers (SQ) from MILKLIM surveys (partial matching)
qualifiers_milkim <- get_inboveg_qualifier(con, survey_name = "%MILKLIM%",
qualifier_type = "SQ")

# get qualifiers from several specific surveys
qualifiers_severalsurveys <- get_inboveg_qualifier(con, survey_name =
c("MILKLIM_Heischraal2012", "NICHE Vlaanderen"), multiple = TRUE)

# get all qualifiers of all surveys
allqualifiers <- get_inboveg_qualifier(con)

# Close the connection when done
dbDisconnect(con)
rm(con)
} # }