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Variable Order and Organization

In the web application, variables in a dataset are displayed in a list on the left side of the screen.

Typically, when you import a dataset, the variable list is flat, but it can be organized into an accordion-like hierarchy. The variable organizer in the GUI allows you to perform this organization visually, but you can also manage this metadata from crunch.

Viewing the order

Picking up with the dataset we used in the Array Variables vignette, we can fetch the ordering property of the dataset to view the current organization:

ordering(ds)

Group names

Creating groups

Reordering groups and entities

Nested groups

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