Ordering on bar chart changes from RStudio viewer to HTML

[smach]

With this test data frame:

testdata <- data.frame(Precinct = structure(1:18, .Label = c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18"),
class = c("ordered", "factor")), value = c(2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 1, 4, 2, 0, 5, 6, 4, 7, 8, 7))

If I create a bar chart with this code

dimple(data = testdata, x ="Precinct", y = "value", type = "bar") %>%
default_colors(list("#8B0000")) %>%
add_title( html = "<h2>My test data</h2>" )

the bar chart in RStudio's viewer is ordered by Precinct. However, the same graph embedded in an HTML RMarkdown document or viewed in my default browser with RStudio's "show in new window" option is ordered by descending value. The behavior probably ought to be consistent.

[timelyportfolio]

rcdimple does not handle factors intelligently yet. You can force order with something like this. I intentionally rev the levels to demonstrate the effect. I plan to make this easier in a future iteration.

library(rcdimple)
library(magrittr)

testdata <- data.frame(Precinct = structure(1:18, .Label = c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18"),
                                            class = c("ordered", "factor")), value = c(2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 1, 4, 2, 0, 5, 6, 4, 7, 8, 7))

dimple(data = testdata, x ="Precinct", y = "value", type = "bar") %>%
  xAxis( orderRule = rev(levels(testdata$Precinct)) ) %>%
  default_colors(list("#8B0000")) %>%
  add_title( html = "<h2>My test data</h2>" )

Alternately, if you wanted to sort by the value, you can do this.

library(rcdimple)
library(magrittr)

testdata <- data.frame(Precinct = structure(1:18, .Label = c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18"),
                                            class = c("ordered", "factor")), value = c(2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 1, 4, 2, 0, 5, 6, 4, 7, 8, 7))

dimple(data = testdata, x ="Precinct", y = "value", type = "bar") %>%
  xAxis( orderRule = "value"  ) %>%
  default_colors(list("#8B0000")) %>%
  add_title( html = "<h2>My test data</h2>" )

[smach]

OK thanks.

[smach]

Hi just FYI I tried to do a grouped barchart with the group column by year and the years appeared in a random order - nothing I could figure out to make the years appear in order with a chart such as

mydataframe %>%
dimple(
x = c("month","year"), y = "value",
groups = "year", type = "bar"
)

so I ended up having to use another library.

[happyshows]

@smach
have you tried
yearNew <- sort(year)
xAxis( orderRule = "your group " , groupordderRule = yearNew)?

[timelyportfolio]

Thanks @happyshows. I was preparing this as I saw your answer. Maybe, something like this?

library(rcdimple)
library(pipeR)

data.frame(
    "year" = rep(2000:2005,each = 12)
    ,"month" = rep(1:12,12)
    ,"value" = runif( 12 * 12, 80, 100 )
) %>>%
    dimple(
        x = c("month","year")
        ,y = "value"
        ,groups = "year"
        ,type = "bar"
    ) %>>%
    xAxis( grouporderRule = "year" )

[smach]

That did the trick, thanks!