connectAnalytics package demo

[tbradley1013]

Hi all,

I created an R package (connectAnalytics) that ships a shiny application that can be used to track Usage and User information on a RStudio Connect server using the connectapi and golem packages. The package is not totally finished yet as I still need to write unit tests and maybe add a few things. However, I think that the application and package have the basic structure of what I was hoping for. The one thing that I am missing is a demo application that is hosted and pointed at a dummy version of RStudio Connect. I am able to run the app against my companies instance of Connect but I am not able to share this with anyone outside of the company.

My question is whether or not you all would be willing to host the application similarly to how the usage .Rmd file is hosted in this repo, pointing it at the same (or a similar) Connect instance. The README of the github page linked above has some info about the options available for deploying the app. It is worth noting again here that, if you are willing to host it (or point me to a connect server that I can point the app to and host myself), it would be best if the api key was for a system admin as that would allow viewers to see the "Admin" tab as well as the user's "Usage" tab so that they can see the full functionality. Additionally, if the key is for an admin, there is a feature that the user can set whether to allow people viewing the app to switch which user they are looking at which can be handy if this is something managers would like to track for their employees but the manager is not a admin on the server themselves.

In addition to that, I am open to any suggestions about improving the application. One suggestion from @colearendt was to make all the graphs reactive to each other. I have not been able to implement that but will continue thinking about how to best accomplish it. Any other suggestions or issues are greatly appreciated!

Thanks for making such a great product!

[slopp]

@tbradley1013 this is awesome! We would love to host a demo of the app, and have a few options where it might make sense. Can I follow up with you next week? We have some folks OOO that I'd like to run this by.

[tbradley1013]

@slopp next week works for me!