Data science at 2DII: PACTA_analysis - New config file: project_settings

Jacob Kastl

Target Audience

Everyone who uses the PACTA_analysis script for their projects.

What changed

The workflow for initializing a project has changed. A new required config file must be used and was added to the repo.

Specifics

Project wide settings should be set in the file “project_settings.yml”, prior to project initialization:


    project_name: name_of_the_project_folder

Please define project_name. The project name is relevant for input, output and naming of data files.


    project_internal:
      twodii_internal: FALSE

Ensure that the variable twodii_internal is set FALSE. Value should only be set to TRUE for 2DII internal staff.


  project_internal:
    ...
    project_location_ext: ~/path/to/project

Please define project_location_ext by copying the full path to the folder, in which you want to store data (including the results) related to this particular evaluation. During the run of the code, the a project folder with several sub-folders will be created here.
Please consider:
- copying in a path from windows requires to change all “\” to “/” (e.g. "C:/Users/Desktop/project_folder/).
- path needs to be a string (“…”).


  project_internal:
    ...
    data_location_ext: ~/path/to/data

Please define data_location_ext by copying the full path to the folder, in which you stored the data files (set of rda files) provided by Asset Resolution or the 2DII.
Please consider:
- copying in a path from windows requires to change all “\” to “/”.
- path needs to be a string (“…”).

If you have any other questions regarding how this affects your workflow, please consult the README.Rmd file in the PACTA_analysis portfolio https://github.com/2DegreesInvesting/PACTA_analysis or contact me (Jacob), Jackson or Clare.

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Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as

Kastl (2020, July 27). Data science at 2DII: PACTA_analysis - New config file: project_settings. Retrieved from https://2degreesinvesting.github.io/posts/2020-07-27-config-project-settings/

BibTeX citation

@misc{kastl2020pacta_analysis,
  author = {Kastl, Jacob},
  title = {Data science at 2DII: PACTA_analysis - New config file: project_settings},
  url = {https://2degreesinvesting.github.io/posts/2020-07-27-config-project-settings/},
  year = {2020}
}