Checks compatibility of two eatGADS data bases.

This function checks if both data bases perform identical joins via foreign keys, if they contain the same variable names and if these variables have the same value labels. Results of this comparison are reported on data table level as messages and as an output list.

Usage

checkTrendStructure(filePath1, filePath2)

Arguments

filePath1

Path of the first eatGADS .db file.

filePath2

Path of the second eatGADS .db file.

Value

Returns a report list.

Details

An error is thrown if the key structure or the data table structure differs between the two data bases. Differences regarding meta data for missing value labels and for variables labels (and formatting) are ignored.

Reported differences regarding meta data can be inspected further via inspectMetaDifferences.