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-# Parameters for sts_synindex.R process
-
-# S3 bucket containing the post-ETL parquet datasets
-PARQUET_BUCKET <- 'recover-processed-data'
-
-PARQUET_BUCKET_BASE_KEY <- 'main/parquet/'
-
-PARQUET_BUCKET_EXTERNAL <- 'recover-main-project'
-
-PARQUET_BUCKET_BASE_KEY_ARCHIVE <- 'main/archive/'
-
-PARQUET_BUCKET_BASE_KEY_EXTERNAL <- 'main/parquet/'
-
-PARQUET_FOLDER_INTERNAL <- 'syn51406699'
-
-# Local location where parquet bucket files are synced to
-AWS_PARQUET_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION <- './temp_aws_parquet'
-AWS_ARCHIVE_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION <- './temp_aws_archive'
-
-PARQUET_FILTERED_LOCATION <- './parquet_filtered'
-
-datasets_to_filter <- c("dataset_enrolledparticipants", 
-                        # "dataset_enrolledparticipants_customfields_symptoms", 
-                        # "dataset_enrolledparticipants_customfields_treatments", 
-                        "dataset_healthkitv2heartbeat", 
-                        "dataset_healthkitv2samples", 
-                        "dataset_healthkitv2workouts", 
-                        "dataset_symptomlog")
-
-cols_to_drop <- list(c("EmailAddress", "DateOfBirth", "CustomFields_DeviceOrderInfo", "FirstName", "LastName", "PostalCode", "MiddleName", "MobilePhone"),
-                     # c("name"),
-                     # c("name"),
-                     c("Source_Name"),
-                     c("Source_Name", "Device_Name"),
-                     c("Source_Name", "Metadata_HKWorkoutBrandName", "Metadata_Coach", "Metadata_trackerMetadata", "Metadata_SWMetadataKeyCustomWorkoutTitle", "Metadata_location", "metadata_workout_name", "Metadata_name"),
-                     c("Value_notes", "Properties"))
-
-PARQUET_FINAL_LOCATION <- './parquet_final'
-
-# Synapse locations where the S3 bucket objects are to be indexed
-PARQUET_FOLDER_CURRENT <- 'syn52506068'
-PARQUET_FOLDER_ARCHIVE <- 'syn52506069'
-
-# synID of the file view containing a list of all currently indexed S3 objects from the parquet bucket folder in Synapse
-SYNAPSE_FILEVIEW_ID <- 'syn52504776'