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Create `filter_column` function
Context
The extract
and join
functions act on the entire database, while any additional filtering of columns that a user might wish to perform need to be done on just the traits
table. This means you need to first extract
and join
any information you want, then save the output as a tmp object, then start a new pip that performs additional filtering on tmp$traits
. It would be nice if you could instead have a single pipe that extracts a particular collection of traits, taxa, and then also filters on other specified columns (i.e. life_stage, basis_of_record).
Describe the solution you'd like As an example:
my_data <- austraits %>%
extract_trait("leaf_mass_per_area") %>%
extract_taxa(genus = "Eucalyptus") %>%
extract_column(column = "life_stage", value = "adult") %>%
extract_column(column = "basis_of_record", value = "field") %>%
join_locations()
This would allow all manipulations to be linked in a single pipe -- and mean that if you join_contexts at the end, you'll only join the context properties that pertain to the filtered data.
Right now you have to use the join
functions before you do any filtering just on the traits table (using filter
).