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Archetypes for targets and pipelines

tarchetypes

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The tarchetypes R package is a collection of target and pipeline archetypes for the targets package. These archetypes express complicated pipelines with concise syntax, which enhances readability and thus reproducibility. Archetypes are possible because of the flexible metaprogramming capabilities of targets. In targets, one can define a target as an object outside the central pipeline, and the tar_target_raw() function completely avoids non-standard evaluation. That means anyone can write their own niche interfaces for specialized projects. tarchetypes aims to include the most common and versatile archetypes and usage patterns.

Grouped data frames

tarchetypes has functions for easy dynamic branching over subsets of data frames:

  • tar_group_by(): define row groups using dplyr::group_by() semantics.
  • tar_group_select(): define row groups using tidyselect semantics.
  • tar_group_count(): define a given number row groups.
  • tar_group_size(): define row groups of a given size.

If you define a target with one of these functions, all downstream dynamic targets will automatically branch over the row groups.

# _targets.R file:
library(targets)
library(tarchetypes)
produce_data <- function() {
  expand.grid(var1 = c("a", "b"), var2 = c("c", "d"), rep = c(1, 2, 3))
}
list(
  tar_group_by(data, produce_data(), var1, var2),
  tar_target(group, data, pattern = map(data))
)
# R console:
library(targets)
tar_make()
#> β€’ start target data
#> β€’ built target data [0.023 seconds]
#> β€’ start branch group_b3d7d010
#> β€’ built branch group_b3d7d010 [0 seconds]
#> β€’ start branch group_6a76c5c0
#> β€’ built branch group_6a76c5c0 [0.001 seconds]
#> β€’ start branch group_164b16bf
#> β€’ built branch group_164b16bf [0 seconds]
#> β€’ start branch group_f5aae602
#> β€’ built branch group_f5aae602 [0 seconds]
#> β€’ built pattern group
#> β€’ end pipeline [0.155 seconds]

# First row group:
tar_read(group, branches = 1)
#> # A tibble: 3 Γ— 4
#>   var1  var2    rep tar_group
#>   <fct> <fct> <dbl>     <int>
#> 1 a     c         1         1
#> 2 a     c         2         1
#> 3 a     c         3         1

# Second row group:
tar_read(group, branches = 2)
#> # A tibble: 3 Γ— 4
#>   var1  var2    rep tar_group
#>   <fct> <fct> <dbl>     <int>
#> 1 a     d         1         2
#> 2 a     d         2         2
#> 3 a     d         3         2

Literate programming

Consider the following R Markdown report.

---
title: report
output: html_document
---

```{r}
library(targets)
tar_read(dataset)
```

We want to define a target to render the report. And because the report calls tar_read(dataset), this target needs to depend on dataset. Without tarchetypes, it is cumbersome to set up the pipeline correctly.

# _targets.R
library(targets)
list(
  tar_target(dataset, data.frame(x = letters)),
  tar_target(
    report, {
      # Explicitly mention the symbol `dataset`.
      list(dataset)
      # Return relative paths to keep the project portable.
      fs::path_rel(
        # Need to return/track all input/output files.
        c( 
          rmarkdown::render(
            input = "report.Rmd",
            # Always run from the project root
            # so the report can find _targets/.
            knit_root_dir = getwd(),
            quiet = TRUE
          ),
          "report.Rmd"
        )
      )
    },
    # Track the input and output files.
    format = "file",
    # Avoid building small reports on HPC.
    deployment = "main"
  )
)

With tarchetypes, we can simplify the pipeline with the tar_render() archetype.

# _targets.R
library(targets)
library(tarchetypes)
list(
  tar_target(dataset, data.frame(x = letters)),
  tar_render(report, "report.Rmd")
)

Above, tar_render() scans code chunks for mentions of targets in tar_load() and tar_read(), and it enforces the dependency relationships it finds. In our case, it reads report.Rmd and then forces report to depend on dataset. That way, tar_make() always processes dataset before report, and it automatically reruns report.Rmd whenever dataset changes.

Alternative pipeline syntax

tar_plan() is a drop-in replacement for drake_plan() in the targets ecosystem. It lets users write targets as name/command pairs without having to call tar_target().

tar_plan(
  tar_file(raw_data_file, "data/raw_data.csv", format = "file"),
  # Simple drake-like syntax:
  raw_data = read_csv(raw_data_file, col_types = cols()),
  data =raw_data %>%
    mutate(Ozone = replace_na(Ozone, mean(Ozone, na.rm = TRUE))),
  hist = create_plot(data),
  fit = biglm(Ozone ~ Wind + Temp, data),
  # Needs tar_render() because it is a target archetype:
  tar_render(report, "report.Rmd")
)

Installation

Type Source Command
Release CRAN install.packages("tarchetypes")
Development GitHub remotes::install_github("ropensci/tarchetypes")
Development rOpenSci install.packages("tarchetypes", repos = "https://dev.ropensci.org")

Documentation

For specific documentation on tarchetypes, including the help files of all user-side functions, please visit the reference website. For documentation on targets in general, please visit the targets reference website. Many of the linked resources use tarchetypes functions such as tar_render().

Help

Please read the help guide to learn how best to ask for help using targets and tarchetypes.

Code of conduct

Please note that this package is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct.

Citation

citation("tarchetypes")
#> 
#> To cite tarchetypes in publications use:
#> 
#>   William Michael Landau (2021). tarchetypes: Archetypes for Targets.
#>   https://docs.ropensci.org/tarchetypes/,
#>   https://github.com/ropensci/tarchetypes.
#> 
#> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
#> 
#>   @Manual{,
#>     title = {tarchetypes: Archetypes for Targets},
#>     author = {William Michael Landau},
#>     year = {2021},
#>     note = {{https://docs.ropensci.org/tarchetypes/, https://github.com/ropensci/tarchetypes}},
#>   }

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