This R Markdown report can be published as-is to your RStudio Connect server or used as a starting point for your own analysis. You can schedule the report and distribute it via email (the email will include inline graphics!)
Sample Report: http://colorado.rstudio.com/rsc/usage
The report is generated using the RStudio Connect Server API. The API and data collection are both available as of RStudio Connect 1.7.0. The API contains data to help answer questions like:
- What content is most visited?
- Who is visiting my content?
- What reports are most common?
- Has viewership increased over time?
- Did my CEO actually visit this app?
A data science team's time is precious, this data will help you focus and justify your efforts.
The report uses the environment variables CONNECT_SERVER and CONNECT_API_KEY to collect the data. To limit the results to a single publisher, use a publisher API key.
- Could this be a shiny app instead of a report? Of course! Let us know what you come up with.
- Can I use the API from another language besides R? Absolutely, the API includes a spec to get you started.
- Will you provide an R client for accessing the API? Yes! It is called
connectapi - What is the
manifest.jsonfile? This file aids in programmatic or git-backed deployments - What is the funky
preflight_checkchunk at the start of the report? If the report is run without essential environment variables (CONNECT_SERVERandCONNECT_API_KEY), this chunk will return a clear error message promptly rather than waiting for the report to exit weirdly. It is there to protect you!
