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Add a slicer/timeline to a pivot table

Source: R/class-workbook-wrappers.R
wb_add_slicer.Rd

Add a slicer/timeline to a previously created pivot table. This function is still experimental and might be changed/improved in upcoming releases.

Usage

wb_add_slicer(
  wb,
  x,
  dims = "A1",
  sheet = current_sheet(),
  pivot_table,
  slicer,
  params
)

wb_remove_slicer(wb, sheet = current_sheet())

wb_add_timeline(
  wb,
  x,
  dims = "A1",
  sheet = current_sheet(),
  pivot_table,
  timeline,
  params
)

wb_remove_timeline(wb, sheet = current_sheet())

Arguments

wb

A Workbook object containing a worksheet.

x

A data.frame that inherits the wb_data class.

dims

The worksheet cell where the pivot table is placed

sheet

A worksheet

pivot_table

The name of a pivot table

slicer, timeline

A variable used as slicer/timeline for the pivot table

params

A list of parameters to modify pivot table creation. See Details for available options.

Details

This assumes that the slicer/timeline variable initialization has happened before. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that we can guarantee this for loaded workbooks, and we strictly discourage users from attempting this. If the variable has not been initialized properly, this may cause the spreadsheet software to crash. Although it is documented that slicers should use "TimelineStyleLight[1-6]" and "TimelineStyleDark[1-6]" they use slicer styles.

Possible params arguments for slicers are listed below.

  • edit_as: "twoCell" to place the slicer into the cells

  • column_count: integer used as column count

  • sort_order: "descending" / "ascending"

  • choose: select variables in the form of a named logical vector like c(agegp = 'x > "25-34"') for the esoph dataset.

  • locked_position

  • start_item

Possible params arguments for timelines are listed below.

  • beg_date/end_date: dates when the timeline should begin or end

  • choose_beg/choose_end: dates when the selection should begin or end

  • scroll_position

  • show_selection_label

  • show_time_level

  • show_horizontal_scrollbar

Possible common params:

  • caption: string used for a caption

  • style: "SlicerStyleLight[1-6]", "SlicerStyleDark[1-6]" only for slicer "SlicerStyleOther[1-2]"

  • level: the granularity of the slicer (for timeline 0 = year, 1 = quarter, 2 = month)

  • show_caption: logical if caption should be shown or not

Removing works on the spreadsheet level. Therefore all slicers/timelines are removed from a worksheet. At the moment the drawing reference remains on the spreadsheet. Therefore spreadsheet software that does not handle slicers/timelines will still show the drawing.

See also

Other workbook wrappers: base_font-wb, col_widths-wb, creators-wb, grouping-wb, row_heights-wb, wb_add_chartsheet(), wb_add_data(), wb_add_data_table(), wb_add_formula(), wb_add_hyperlink(), wb_add_pivot_table(), wb_add_worksheet(), wb_base_colors, wb_clone_worksheet(), wb_copy_cells(), wb_freeze_pane(), wb_merge_cells(), wb_save(), wb_set_last_modified_by(), wb_workbook()

Other worksheet content functions: col_widths-wb, filter-wb, grouping-wb, named_region-wb, row_heights-wb, wb_add_conditional_formatting(), wb_add_data(), wb_add_data_table(), wb_add_formula(), wb_add_hyperlink(), wb_add_pivot_table(), wb_add_thread(), wb_freeze_pane(), wb_merge_cells()

Examples

# prepare data
df <- data.frame(
  AirPassengers = c(AirPassengers),
  time = seq(from = as.Date("1949-01-01"), to = as.Date("1960-12-01"), by = "month"),
  letters = letters[1:4]
)

# create workbook
wb <- wb_workbook()$
  add_worksheet("pivot")$
  add_worksheet("data")$
  add_data(x = df)

# get pivot table data source
df <- wb_data(wb, sheet = "data")

# create pivot table
wb$add_pivot_table(
  df,
  sheet = "pivot",
  rows = "time",
  cols = "letters",
  data = "AirPassengers",
  pivot_table = "airpassengers",
  params = list(
    compact = FALSE, outline = FALSE, compact_data = FALSE,
    row_grand_totals = FALSE, col_grand_totals = FALSE)
)

# add slicer
wb$add_slicer(
  df,
  dims = "E1:I7",
  sheet = "pivot",
  slicer = "letters",
  pivot_table = "airpassengers",
  params = list(choose = c(letters = 'x %in% c("a", "b")'))
)

# add timeline
wb$add_timeline(
  df,
  dims = "E9:I14",
  sheet = "pivot",
  timeline = "time",
  pivot_table = "airpassengers",
  params = list(
    beg_date = as.Date("1954-01-01"),
    end_date = as.Date("1961-01-01"),
    choose_beg = as.Date("1957-01-01"),
    choose_end = as.Date("1958-01-01"),
    level = 0,
    style = "TimeSlicerStyleLight2"
  )
)