https://github.com/mthomas-ketchbrook/migrate_table
2021 RStudio Table Contest
https://github.com/mthomas-ketchbrook/migrate_table
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2021 RStudio Table Contest
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mthomas-ketchbrook/migrate_table
- Owner: mthomas-ketchbrook
- Created: 2021-11-05T16:13:24.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-11-10T15:16:43.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-10T12:10:40.899Z (4 days ago)
- Language: R
- Homepage: https://mthomas-ketchbrook.github.io/migrate_table/
- Size: 1.94 MB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
***
This repository contains the materials used to create our submission to the [2021 RStudio Tables Contest](https://blog.rstudio.com/2021/09/30/rstudio-table-contest-2021/).
For this year's contest, we decided to make a table submission that aligned with the recent v0.4.0 release of the **{migrate}** R package for building *state transition matrices*. If you are not familiar with state transition matrices, they are a common type of data visualization used in risk management (we recommend checking out [**{migrate}**'s GitHub repository](https://github.com/mthomas-ketchbrook/migrate) to learn more).
You can view our blog post about how we built beautiful state transition matrices (and applied some tricky conditional formatting) using **{migrate}** + [**{gt}**](https://gt.rstudio.com/):
[https://mthomas-ketchbrook.github.io/migrate_table/](https://mthomas-ketchbrook.github.io/migrate_table/)
## Unique Aspects of this Project
There are a few unique aspects of this project that may be of interest to those working with the {gt} package:
* Custom Conditional Formatting
* Embedding Images in Table Header
* Accessing the Socrata API via [{RSocrata}](https://github.com/Chicago/RSocrata)
### Custom Conditional Formatting
A somewhat complicated aspect to conditionally formatting these transition matrices is that the formatting needs to be applied to a varying number of cells across all columns. We developed a [custom function `fmt_migrate()`](R/fmt_migrate.R) to make the formatting logic agnostic and flexible.
### Embedding Images in Table Header
To spruce up our {gt} tables, we decorated the table headers with images embedded with *clickable hyperlinks*. You can see how we went about doing that in our [blog post](https://mthomas-ketchbrook.github.io/migrate_table/#final-table-formatting).
### Accessing the Socrata API via {RSocrata}
Lastly, we [concluded our analysis](https://mthomas-ketchbrook.github.io/migrate_table/#analyzing-migration-of-connecticut-town-bond-ratings) by analyzing *Moody's* bond rating data for each town in the State of Connecticut. This [open dataset](https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-Bond-Ratings-2019/3w9d-7jbi/data) served as a great use case for applying the power of **{migrate}** + **{gt}** together.
The [{RSocrata} package](https://github.com/Chicago/RSocrata) provides an easy way to query data from the Socrata API, which backs many government open data repositories (including Connecticut's).