R is one of the most powerful coding languages for analyzing data. It's used by millions of people across the globe, and is free to boot. Here at Displayr, we've seamlessly integrated R with our software to enable those with special custom requirements or analysis needs the ability to implement those alongside our standard features. What you now have is a one stop shop for point and click features as well as more advanced custom coding. For those who have never done coding before, or may not be familiar with R coding, getting up to speed may feel like a daunting task. For this reason, we've created a series of videos to introduce you to coding in R and walk through practical examples of how to use R to further customize your reporting and dashboards.

Links to the videos and the documents they review are below. If you're using our sister software Q, you can download the QPack version to follow along. They generally start with the basics and move onto the more advanced.

Name Content Link to Displayr Document Link to Video
Overview
  • How does R work with Displayr
  • How do I get help with R?
  • Other tips?
Displayr doc

QPack

 
Primer
  • Referencing Data
  • Data Types
  • Data Structures
  • Functions
Same document as Overview above  
Simple Tables
  • Table subsetting/indexing
  • Combining tables
  • Table calculations
  • Sorting/ordering
  • Renaming rows/columns
  • Blanking cells with small values
  • Removing rows/cols with small samples
  • Renaming things and formatting
  • Building a brand funnel
Displayr doc

QPack

 
R Variables
  • Creating a combo box filter simple & advanced
  • Filtering and deleting observations
  • Banding and re-categorizing variables
  • Checking if "any of" some variables have a particular value
  • Splitting and combining text strings
  • Using apply() to apply an action to each row or column
Displayr doc

QPack

 
Custom R Outputs
  • Exploring outputs
  • Error handling
  • Updating/customizing text
  • Logos and links
Displayr doc

QPack

 
Advanced Tables
  • Working with nested banners
  • Merging tables that don't match
  • Customizing cell formatting
  • Adding spans
  • Adding statistical test results
Displayr doc

QPack

 
Troubleshooting
  • Tips
  • Useful functions
  • Common errors/examples
Displayr doc

QPack