get_fields_to_drop function

Determine fields included in REDCapR::redcap_read_oneshot output that should be dropped from results of read_redcap

get_fields_to_drop(db_metadata, form)

Arguments

• db_metadata: metadata tibble created by REDCapR::redcap_metadata_read
• form: the name of the instrument containing identifiers

Returns

A character vector of extra field names that can be used to filter the results of REDCapR::redcap_read_oneshot

Details

This function applies rules to determine which fields are included in the results of REDCapR::redcap_read_oneshot because the user didn't request the instrument containing identifiers