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How to use pointblank to understand, validate, and document your data

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Issue date: November 17, 2025

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R/Pharma is a scientifically & industry oriented, collegial online conference focused on the use of R in the development of pharmaceuticals, with breakout in-person and APAC satellite events.

Type

Training

Level

Intermediate

Format

Online

Duration

120 minutes

Price

Free

Description

This workshop will focus on the data quality and data documentation workflows that the pointblank package makes possible. We will use functions that allow us to: (1) quickly understand a new dataset (2) validate tabular data using rules that are based on our understanding of the data (3) fully document a table by describing its variables and other important details. The pointblank package was created to scale from small validation problems (“Let’s make certain this table fits my expectations before moving on”) to very large (“Let’s validate these 35 database tables every day and ensure data quality is maintained”) and we’ll delve into all sorts of data quality scenarios so you’ll be comfortable using this package in your organization. Data documentation is seemingly and unfortunately less common in organizations (maybe even less than the practice of data validation). We’ll learn all about how this doesn’t have to be a tedious chore. The pointblank package allows you to create informative and beautiful data documentation that will help others understand what’s in all those tables that are so vital to an organization.

Skills

Data Documentation

Data Profiling

Data Quality Assessment

Data Validation

pointblank Package

R Programming

Reproducible Workflows

Rule-Based Validation

Scalable Validation

Tabular Data Analysis

Table Annotation

Workflow Automation

Earning Criteria

Participation

Attending and completing 75% of class objectives