A function that searches all available indicators based on description input or code. If both are given then parameter code will take preference
search_indicator(description, time_series, code = NULL)| description | description of indicator to look up |
|---|---|
| time_series | time series to look for |
| code | code of indicator to return meta data from |
data.frame
search_indicator(description = "GDP")
#> # A tibble: 101 × 7
#> time_series description_and_version series versi…¹ frequ…² unit_…³ code
#> <chr> <glue> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <glu>
#> 1 KBP4116 Total loan debt of national… F NA J2 RMILL KBP4…
#> 2 KBP4116 Total loan debt of national… J NA J1 RMILL KBP4…
#> 3 KBP4116 Total loan debt of national… K NA K1 RMILL KBP4…
#> 4 KBP4117 Total loan debt of national… F NA J2 RMILL KBP4…
#> 5 KBP4117 Total loan debt of national… J NA J1 RMILL KBP4…
#> 6 KBP4117 Total loan debt of national… K NA K1 RMILL KBP4…
#> 7 KBP4419 Primary balance as percenta… F NA J2 PERC KBP4…
#> 8 KBP4419 Primary balance as percenta… J NA J1 PERC KBP4…
#> 9 KBP4419 Primary balance as percenta… K NA K1 PERC KBP4…
#> 10 KBP4420 National government deficit… F NA J2 PERC KBP4…
#> # … with 91 more rows, and abbreviated variable names ¹version_description,
#> # ²frequency, ³unit_of_measure
search_indicator(time_series = "KBP1000")
#> # A tibble: 2 × 7
#> time_series description_and_version series versi…¹ frequ…² unit_…³ code
#> <chr> <glue> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <glu>
#> 1 KBP1000 South African Reserve Bank l… J NA J1 RMILL KBP1…
#> 2 KBP1000 South African Reserve Bank l… M NA M1 RMILL KBP1…
#> # … with abbreviated variable names ¹version_description, ²frequency,
#> # ³unit_of_measure
search_indicator(code = "KBP1000J")
#> # A tibble: 1 × 7
#> time_series description_and_version series versi…¹ frequ…² unit_…³ code
#> <chr> <glue> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <glu>
#> 1 KBP1000 South African Reserve Bank l… J NA J1 RMILL KBP1…
#> # … with abbreviated variable names ¹version_description, ²frequency,
#> # ³unit_of_measure