Data imported to R is not current about qualtrics HOT 12 CLOSED

On 28 Jun 2017, 18:15 +0200, cmbohn ***@***.******@***.***>>, wrote: The code provided isn’t connecting. I have tried a number of variations for inputting the file name: file_name <- paste(td, "/", "<YOUR-SURVEY>.csv") All attempts have resulted in the system not being able to find the file or directory. The temp directory did not list a csv file. So I tried entering the files that exist in the temp file. Below is just one example of the same results I received. Error in file(file, "rt", encoding = fileEncoding) : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning message: In file(file, "rt", encoding = fileEncoding) : cannot open file 'C:\Users\cb37543\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpKiJALO / SV_5nIBD5iRalXmdNz.rds': No such file or directory Chad From: Jasper Ginn ***@***.*** Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:01 AM To: JasperHG90/qualtRics ***@***.******@***.***>> Cc: Bohn, Chad ***@***.******@***.***>>; Author ***@***.******@***.***>> Subject: Re: [JasperHG90/qualtRics] Data imported to R is not current (#36) Thanks for your comment. When importing survey data into R, is there a delay between what is current in the Qualtrics system and what is being downloaded? I'm not aware of such a delay. Essentially, you're just making a call to the Qualtrics API in which you request a csv file of the response exports. Is it possible that the data is having problems importing? Yes, that is possible. (see e.g. #13<https://github.com/JasperHG90/qualtRics/issues/13>). In this case, I'm guessing there are special characters in your csv file. I googled that error and found the following: * Invalid Input causes read.csv to cut off data<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19610966/invalid-input-causes-read-csv-to-cut-off-data> * Invalid multibyte string in read.csv<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14363085/invalid-multibyte-string-in-read-csv?rq=1> * Reading in data with unusual characters<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19301265/reading-in-data-with-unusual-characters> As you can see here<https://github.com/JasperHG90/qualtRics/blob/master/R/readSurvey.R#L46-L51>, the readSurvey() function uses UTF-8 for the 'fileEncoding' argument. Here's what I suggest you try: 1. Re-run your code until you see the error 2. Execute the following: # Get temp dir td <- tempdir() # List files and show list.files(td) # Copy the name of your survey file_name <- paste(td, "/", "<YOUR-SURVEY>.csv") # Read it into R surv <- read.csv(file=file_name, header = FALSE, sep = ',', stringsAsFactors=FALSE, fileEncoding = "latin1", skip = 3) 1. Let me know if that worked. If it does, I'll add 'fileEncoding' as an optional argument. Best, J. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://github.com/JasperHG90/qualtRics/issues/36#issuecomment-311574567>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AcXCVYpfPkJIy5Z3bwJHmD_ONDNWivlaks5sIfpDgaJpZM4OG_o9>. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.