bulletchartr function arguments

library(bulletchartr)

Function arguments

Different calendars

The vertical line showing Today can be customized depending on whether you are measuring by a fiscal year, a calendar year, or a custom date. Today shown on a Fiscal Year calendar (considering that today’s physical date is 2019-11-01.) is show below:

bullet_chart_symbols(file_name = read_example("Indicators_Targets_ext.xlsx"), 
                     cal_type = "fis")

or for a calendar year:

bullet_chart_wide(file_name = read_example("Indicators_Targets_ext.xlsx"), 
                     cal_type = "cal",
                  legend = TRUE)

or using a custom date that you can feed directly into the plotting function:

bullet_chart_symbols(file_name = read_example("Indicators_Targets_ext.xlsx"), 
                     cal_type = "2019/02/15")

By doing this the function will automatically calculate your progress and targets according to the calendar type that you specified.

small version

If you want to see a small version of your “Plot” panel just specify small = TRUE. This will allow you to quickly check the entire plot without having to enlarge it over and over again in the pop-up window. The small version also hides the text so as to not clutter up the limited space.

bullet_chart_wide(file_name = read_example("Indicators_Targets.xlsx"), 
                  small = TRUE)

Do note that by default the informational text will not show up by default when small = TRUE even when you set the argument show_text to TRUE, you will get a short warning when you do.

Show legends

You have the option to show legends for both the indicator schedule and the symbols by specifying legend = TRUE. Default is FALSE.

bullet_chart_symbols(file_name = read_example("Indicators_Targets.xlsx"), 
                     legend = TRUE)

Show Last Week & Last Year info text

bullet_chart_symbols(file_name = read_example("Indicators_Targets.xlsx"), 
                     legend = TRUE,
                     show_text = TRUE)

Chart type: Static vs. Interactive

An interactive version where you can hover your mouse over the bar to see the informational text is available with the chart_type argument. This is because the show_text option can make the chart look rather busy at times. The interactivity is handled by the {ggiraph} package.

bullet_chart_symbols(file_name = read_example("Indicators_Targets.xlsx"), 
                     legend = TRUE,
                     chart_type = "interactive")