Abstract

Scientific communication and data visualization are important aspects to illustrate complex concepts and results from data analyses. The R package i2dash provides functionality to create customized, web-based dashboards for data presentation, exploration and sharing. i2dash integrates easily into existing data analysis pipelines and can organize scientific findings thematically across different pages and layouts.

Main features

  • Easy integration into existing analysis pipelines in R for programmatic dashboard creation
  • Provides a selection of predefined layouts to arrange content
  • Support for multiple components, such as htmlwidgets, tables, text, images etc.
  • Creation of web-based, sharable, static or interactive dashboards
  • Enables a flexible and iterative cycle of dashboard development

Installation

The package can be installed with:

install.packages("i2dash")

Extension

It is possible to extend the core functionality of i2dash with templates for components and pre-defined pages. This enables to provide an enhanced user interactivity e.g. dynamic change of plot settings. Further, extensions allow an easier integration of complex calculations and data manipulation, hidden behind functions.

  • i2dash.scrnaseq enables an enhanced user interactivity and contains simple but effective tools for the creation of an i2dashboard with focus on single-cell RNA-sequencing data visualization and exploration.