Using ORDERLY_PATH_DEFAULT_REMOTE environment variable

[LorenzoCattarino]

Hello orderly developers!

I am having an issue using orderly_pull_archive(). I am not able to provide a full reproducible example but I hope that what I am trying to do is clear from the below description.

I set up a shared disk system with a copy of my orderly project on a shared drive all my team members have access to.

If I run the report "get_data" on the shared drive and then try to pull it locally using orderly_pull_archive("get_data") I get the error:

Error: Environment variable 'ORDERLY_PATH_DEFAULT_REMOTE' is not set
	(used in orderly_config.yml:remote:default:args:path)

This happens despite having created an orderly_envir.yml file with the ORDERLY_PATH_DEFAULT_REMOTE environment variable, as explained in the vignette.

I can successfully pull the copy of the report from remote using one of the following workarounds:

config <- orderly::orderly_config()

envir_file <- orderly:::orderly_envir_read(config$root)

orderly::orderly_default_remote_set(envir_file["ORDERLY_PATH_DEFAULT_REMOTE"])

orderly::orderly_pull_archive("get_data")

or

config <- orderly::orderly_config()

envir_file <- orderly:::orderly_envir_read(config$root)

path_remote <- envir_file["ORDERLY_PATH_DEFAULT_REMOTE"]

remote <- orderly::orderly_remote_path(path_remote)

orderly::orderly_pull_archive("get_data", remote = remote)

Do I need to set the remote or define the remote argument in orderly_pull_archive() EVERY TIME I want to use orderly_pull_archive()? From the vignette it looks like I should be able to pull a copy of the report by just using the "ORDERLY_PATH_DEFAULT_REMOTE" environment variable?

Any advise is appreciated!

Thanks
Lorenzo

[richfitz]

Lorenzo! Nice to hear from you :)

If you're using orderly, do you mind if we have a chat at some point as we're in the middle of rewriting everything. I'd be interested to see how you're using it, and if there's anything we can do to make that easier for you as we rewrite it.

The above should work, so something is probably wrong with the configuration. I can try and recreate it, but it would be most efficient if you could create a minimal example (e.g., a small zip file) that illustrates your setup with no sensitive data, just a dummy get_data report. It would also be useful to know what version of orderly you have (packageVersion("orderly")); it's possible this is some bug that is fixed

[LorenzoCattarino]

Hey Rich! Thanks a lot for your reply. I hope all is well.

So I created a simple orderly project with one dummy task (attached below as zip file). I copied that folder to another directory on my windows machine (which acts as the remote place).

Then I run the lines in the repex.R file (probably not the best name I know). The first attempt fails despite having the ORDERLY_PATH_DEFAULT_REMOTE variable in the orderly_envir.yml. This is the problem I am having. The second attempts works.

This hopefully clarifies what I am trying to do and the problem I am having. Please let me know if not and I can provide more information / try to create a better example.

Also, I am using orderly version ‘1.4.3’.

It would be great to chat on how we use orderly here at UKHSA. It has been massively helpful in supporting our incident response work. Happy to book some time to meet when convenient.

Thank you very much
Lorenzo (lorenzo.cattarino@ukhsa.gov.uk)

orderly_test.zip

[richfitz]

Thanks Lorenzo - I can confirm this and can also confirm that it is still present in the current development version (1.6.1).

The workaround is to edit your .Renviron:

usethis::edit_r_environ()

and add

ORDERLY_PATH_DEFAULT_REMOTE=C:/Users/lorenzo.cattarino/remote_location/orderly_test

(note that this uses = and not :)

I've got a fix that you can try with:

remotes::install_github("vimc/orderly@remote-env", upgrade = FALSE)

(in a new session), which will give you version 1.6.2; let me know if that works on your real case.

[LorenzoCattarino]

Thanks Rich.

The workaround works great and the fix too on my real case.