An Introduction to Publishing Data Products Using



McCrea Cobb

Refuge Inventory and Monitoring
mccrea_cobb@fws.gov
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What is Quarto ?

Illustration by Allison Horst

What is R Shiny ?

Publishing a Report

Quarto file

Rendered Report

Scheduling a Report

  • Update report in reponse to new data:
    1. Include code to import data in the qmd
    2. Create a second qmd to import data, save as a pin
  • Option to email report on a schedule

Publishing a Application




Almost the same process
as publishing a report!

Publishing Git-backed Content

  1. Create a Version Control RStudio Project connected to a GitHub repository.
  2. Create a manifest.json file by running rsconnect::writeManifest().
  3. Visit Posit Connect. Select .
  4. Select .
  5. Provide URL to public GitHub repository. Select a branch.
  6. 🤩

Getting Started


Annual Costs

License: $290
Environment: $144
Total per app: $434 + $52 initial setup fee

Contact

Michaelle Schultz
Chief of Data Integration
FWS Ecological Services
michaelle_schultz@fws.gov

Additional Resources