--- title: "Getting Started with QuickExplore" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Getting Started with QuickExplore} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>" ) ``` ## Overview **QuickExplore** provides a point-and-click Shiny interface modelled after SAS Studio's library/dataset browser. It supports SAS (`.sas7bdat`, `.xpt`), CSV, and R (`.rds`) files and lets you explore, filter, summarise, and export datasets without writing any code. The package also exposes a set of standalone R functions for use in scripts or other Shiny applications. ## Launching the Application ```r library(QuickExplore) run_app() ``` The app opens in your default browser. If you are running inside RStudio it opens in the Viewer pane. ### First Steps 1. Click **Add Library** in the left sidebar. 2. Give the library a short name (e.g. `MYLIB`) and enter the path to a folder that contains your data files. 3. Click a dataset name in the list to load it. 4. Use the **Data**, **Summary**, and **Convert** tabs to explore and export. ## Standalone Utility Functions All helper functions used internally by the app are exported and can be called directly. ### Reading a Dataset ```r df <- read_dataset("/path/to/data/demog.sas7bdat") df <- read_dataset("/path/to/data/analysis.csv") df <- read_dataset("/path/to/data/model_output.rds") ``` ### Listing Datasets in a Directory ```r datasets <- list_datasets("/path/to/data/") print(datasets) ``` ### Variable Metadata ```r info <- get_variable_info(df) head(info) ``` ### Descriptive Statistics ```{r example-stats} df <- data.frame( age = c(25, 34, 45, 52, 28, NA), sex = c("M", "F", "M", "F", "M", "F"), dose = c(10, 20, 10, 30, 20, 10) ) # Numeric summary library(QuickExplore) compute_numeric_summary(df, c("age", "dose")) # Categorical summary compute_categorical_summary(df, "sex") ``` ### Grouped Summaries ```r compute_numeric_summary(df, c("age", "dose"), group_var = "sex") ``` ## Shiny Module API Each tab in the application is implemented as a reusable Shiny module. You can embed any of these modules in your own Shiny apps: ```r library(shiny) library(QuickExplore) ui <- fluidPage( data_viewer_ui("viewer") ) server <- function(input, output, session) { my_data <- reactiveVal(mtcars) my_path <- reactiveVal("mtcars") # or a real file path data_viewer_server("viewer", my_data, my_path) } shinyApp(ui, server) ``` Available module pairs: | UI function | Server function | Purpose | |--------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------| | `dataset_browser_ui()` | `dataset_browser_server()` | Library + dataset sidebar | | `data_viewer_ui()` | `data_viewer_server()` | Interactive table with filters | | `summary_panel_ui()` | `summary_panel_server()` | Descriptive statistics | | `converter_ui()` | `converter_server()` | Multi-format export | ## Session Info ```{r session-info} sessionInfo() ```