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Editing the YAML header

The YAML header contains the metadata for your report and includes information like the title, author, and output format. In this exercise, you'll update your report by adding some more detail about who created the report and when it was created.

This exercise is part of the course

Reporting with R Markdown

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Exercise instructions

  • Add the author field to the YAML header beneath the title and add your name.
  • Add the date field below the author information using the Sys.Date() function.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

{"investment_report.Rmd":"---\ntitle: \"Investment Report\"\noutput: html_document\n---\n\n```{r data, include = FALSE}\nlibrary(readr)\n\ninvestment_annual_summary <- read_csv(\"https://assets.datacamp.com/production/repositories/5756/datasets/d0251f26117bbcf0ea96ac276555b9003f4f7372/investment_annual_summary.csv\")\ninvestment_services_projects <- read_csv(\"https://assets.datacamp.com/production/repositories/5756/datasets/78b002735b6f620df7f2767e63b76aaca317bf8d/investment_services_projects.csv\")\n```\n\n\n## Datasets \n\n### Investment Annual Summary\n\nThe `investment_annual_summary` dataset provides a summary of the dollars in millions provided to each region for each fiscal year, from 2012 to 2018.\n```{r}\ninvestment_annual_summary\n```\n\n### Investment Services Projects\n\nThe `investment_services_projects` dataset provides information about each investment project from the 2012 to 2018 fiscal years. Information listed includes the project name, company name, sector, project status, and investment amounts.\n```{r}\ninvestment_services_projects \n```\n\n\n"}
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