RED-I Usage

Currently the RED-I application can be only executed from the command line:

$ redi

Optional command-line arguments:

  • -h, –help: show the help message
  • -v, –verbose: increase verbosity of output
$ redi -v
  • -V, –version: Show version number
$ redi -V
  • -c: Specify the path to the configuration folder.

    $ redi -c /Users/admin/redi-config
    

    Default path for config folder is /config. For “data directory” refer –datadir.

  • -k, –keep: Prevents deletion of the output files generated during data processing.

    $ redi -k
    

    When this parameter is provided, the output files are stored in /out/out_<timestamp>.

    The timestamp has the format: YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS.

    If the parameter is not provided, the output files are stored in a temporary folder during the execution of redi and then deleted along with the temporary folder once redi finishes execution.

  • -d, –dryrun : Performs a dry run.

    $ redi --dryrun
    

    When this parameter is provided, all data transformations are performed and execution stops after writing out the final data set to /out/out_<timestamp>.

    The purpose of this switch is to assist developers in performing a dry run of redi. Data will not be written to the REDCap server nor will emails be sent.

    If -d is used, --keep is implied; therefore, you do not need to specify it or provide any path for storing the output files.

    By default, this parameter is disabled.

  • -e, –emrdata: Runs the script for fetching EMR data.

    $ redi --emrdata
    

    When this parameter us provided, a connection will be established with the sftp server mentioned in the settings.ini file in the config folder and EMR data required for the execution of redi will be downloaded.

    Following parameters need to be set in config/settings.ini before using this option:

    • emr_sftp_server_hostname = URL of the SFTP Server
    • emr_sftp_server_username
    • emr_sftp_server_password
    • emr_sftp_project_name = folder on the SFTP server containing the EMR data
    • emr_data_file = file containing the EMR data

    By default, this parameter is disabled.

  • -r, –resume: Resumes a previously stopped run of redi.

    *WARNING!!!* This is used in a very specific case. Use with caution.

    Once redi has completed processing, it sends its data to configured REDCap Server. Each transaction is initially marked as unsent and only after a response from the REDCap Server is it changed to sent. If you stop redi from running during this time, it is possible to resume where it left off by specifying the --resume switch.

    Do not use --resume for a first run; it will fail. Using --resume once a run has completed is unsupported, but won’t do much other than send the email the report again.

    The development team is looking to make this a more robust and safer feature in the future.

  • –datadir: Specify path to the data directory

    $ redi –datadir /Users/admin/redi_output

    The data directory is the directory that will store the following:

    • log file
    • SQLite database used for storing checksums
    • intermediate output files which are required for debugging and used by the resume logic
    • configuration directory (unless a different path for this is specified by the user)

    By default, the data directory is assumed to be the current working directory. Using this switch, one can run multiple instances of redi simultaneously.

  • –skip-blanks: skip blank events when sending event data to RedCAP

    $ redi –skip-blanks