Saving Work

save_table

Save a table to the outputs directory

Saves a data frame or tibble to the configured tables directory. The directory is created lazily on first use.


Usage

save_table(data, name, format = "csv", public = FALSE, overwrite = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

Argument Description
data

A data frame, tibble, or other tabular data

name

The name for the output file (without extension)

format

Output format: "csv" (default), "rds", "xlsx", or "parquet"

public

If TRUE, saves to public outputs directory (for project_sensitive type)

overwrite

If TRUE, overwrites existing files (default: TRUE)

...

Additional arguments passed to the underlying write function

Returns

The path to the saved file (invisibly)

Examples

# Save a simple table
save_table(my_results, "regression_results")

# Save as Excel
save_table(my_results, "regression_results", format = "xlsx")

# Save to public directory (for sensitive projects)
save_table(summary_stats, "summary", public = TRUE)

Source: R/outputs.R