Google Analytics integration into Shiny Dashboard

[Conal Monaghan]

Hi,

     I was wondering how to integrate Google analytics into a shiny Dashboard page. Normally you would create the .js file from Google analytics (write in text editor and export as google-analytics.js) as below:

     shinyUI(fluidPage( tags$head(includeScript("google-analytics.js")), 

                                    titlePanel("Sunlight in the US")

                                 )

                  )

When using shiny dashboard it produces sourcing errors. I have tried in both locations indicated below and both produced errors. Is there a different process for integrating analytics when using Dashboard?

shinyUI(                                                                                         #### Location 1

  dashboardPage(                                                                          #### Location 2

                dashboardHeader(title = "Sunlight in the US")

                           )

          )

    Thanks in advance,

                                   Conal 

     

[Aline Deschamps]

Hi,

I don't know if it's the "right" location but I've put the call to the js file in the dashboardBody (in the "ui.R" file) and it works fine :

shinyUI <- dashboardPage(

          dashboardSidebar( ... ),

          dashboardBody(

                    tags$head(includeScript("./www/js/google-analytics.js")),

                    tabItems( ... )

          )

)

HTH ! :)

Best regards.

[Conal Monaghan]

Hi Aline,

           Your solution worked perfectly! Thank you very much for your help.

  Kind Regards,

        Conal