Read DSS Records

Read records from a DSS file.

Usage

dss_read(filename, path, full = TRUE)

Arguments

filename

A DSS file path.

path

The DSS path to extract.

full

If TRUE, read the entire dataset. If FALSE, only read the section as specified in the D Part of the path.

Value

A data frame. For a time series object, the first column will be "datetime". Further columns will be named according to the DSS "parameter" value specified in the object metadata.

Details

The returned data frame includes additional attribute "dss_attributes" describing the DSS data format.

Java Virtual Machine Parameters

When working with very large DSS files, you may need to initialize the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) with a larger heap size. For more information see the help vignette: vignette("Java Virtual Machine Parameters", package = "dssrip2")

See also

dss_catalog() dss_attributes()