Shiny: calculate cumsum based on dygraphs' RangeSelector

Question

I\'m building a shiny app where I want to plot a dataset with one of the variables being a cumulative sum of another variable. The latter needs to be re-calculated every time th

Answer 1

This should do the job, I think it is cleaner to have separate outputs for your dashboard

library(xts)
library(shiny)
library(shinydashboard)
library(dygraphs)

ui <- dashboardPage(
  dashboardHeader(),
  dashboardSidebar(),
  dashboardBody(
    dygraphOutput('plot1'),
    textOutput("cumsum1")
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {

  m_df <- data.frame(date=as.Date(zoo::as.yearmon(time(mdeaths))), Y=as.matrix(mdeaths))

  output$plot1 <- renderDygraph({
    input_xts <- xts(select(m_df, -date), order.by = m_df$date)

    dygraph(input_xts) %>% 
      dyRangeSelector()
  })

  output$cumsum1 <- renderText({
    req(input$plot1_date_window)
    subdata <- cumsum(m_df$Y[m_df$date >= as.Date(input$plot1_date_window[1]) & m_df$date <= as.Date(input$plot1_date_window[2])])
    subdata
  })

}

shinyApp(ui, server)