compute() is useful for several purposes. It's original
purpose is to send a request for data, which can then be processed by the
server and retrieved at a later time (via collect()).
# S3 method for data_request
compute(x, ...)# S3 method for metadata_request
compute(x, ...)
# S3 method for files_request
compute(x, ...)
# S3 method for query
compute(x, ...)
An object of class computed_query, which is identical to class
query except for occurrence data, where it also contains information on the
status of the request.
An object of class data_request, metadata_request or
files_request (i.e. constructed using a pipe) or query
(i.e. constructed by collapse())
Arguments passed on to other methods