Write target data for visualization to disk. — write_viz_target

This function reads target data from the hub's time-series file using hubData, filters to the latest vintage and specified targets, and writes it to the weekly-summaries directory for use by the visualization webpage. Output includes columns: week_ending_date, location, location_name, target, and value.

Usage

write_viz_target_data(
  reference_date,
  base_hub_path,
  hub_reports_path,
  disease,
  as_of = "latest",
  targets = NULL,
  included_locations = hubhelpr::included_locations,
  output_format = "csv"
)

Arguments

reference_date: Character, the reference date for the forecast in YYYY-MM-DD format (ISO-8601).
base_hub_path: Character, path to the forecast hub directory.
hub_reports_path: Character, path to forecast hub reports directory.
disease: Character, disease name ("covid" or "rsv").
as_of: As of date to filter to, as an object coercible by as.Date(), or "latest" to filter to the most recent available vintage. Default "latest".
targets: Character vector of target names to filter (e.g., "wk inc covid hosp"). If NULL (default), all targets are included.
included_locations: Character vector of location codes to include in the output. Default hubhelpr::included_locations.
output_format: Character, output file format. One of "csv", "tsv", or "parquet". Default: "csv".

Value

Invisibly returns file path where data was written.