Validate Control UID exists within a batch — validate_control_uid_in

Validate that a control uid exists in the batch

Usage

validate_control_uid_in_batch(
  con,
  user_data,
  row_number_col,
  control_uid_col,
  batch_col,
  error_if_exists
)

Arguments

con: A database connection object.
user_data: A dataframe containing the new extractions to be validated. It must contain columns that can be used to derive blood_spot_collection_id indirectly.
row_number_col: The name of the column in user_data that provides a unique row identifier.
control_uid_col: The name of the column in user_data that corresponds to the control UID.
batch_col: The name of the column in user_data related to the batch information.

Value

An ErrorData object if any blood spot collection's new total extractions exceed its total counts, detailing the violations. Returns NULL if all new extraction counts are within the allowed limits.