This R Markdown report can be published as-is to your Posit 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.posit.co/rsc/usage
The report is generated using the Posit Connect Server API. 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!
