create_hist: Create a histogram plot for any metric

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Create a histogram plot for any metric

Description

Provides an analysis of the distribution of a selected metric. Returns a faceted histogram by default. Additional options available to return the underlying frequency table.

Usage

create_hist(
  data,
  metric,
  hrvar = "Organization",
  mingroup = 5,
  binwidth = 1,
  ncol = NULL,
  return = "plot"
)

Arguments

data	A Standard Person Query dataset in the form of a data frame.
metric	String containing the name of the metric, e.g. "Collaboration_hours"
hrvar	String containing the name of the HR Variable by which to split metrics. Defaults to "Organization". To run the analysis on the total instead of splitting by an HR attribute, supply NULL (without quotes).
mingroup	Numeric value setting the privacy threshold / minimum group size. Defaults to 5.
binwidth	Numeric value for setting binwidth argument within ggplot2::geom_histogram(). Defaults to 1.
ncol	Numeric value setting the number of columns on the plot. Defaults to NULL (automatic).
return	String specifying what to return. This must be one of the following strings: "plot" "table" "data" "frequency" See Value for more information.

Value

A different output is returned depending on the value passed to the return argument:

• "plot": 'ggplot' object. A faceted histogram for the metric.

• "table": data frame. A summary table for the metric, containing the following columns:

  • group: The HR variable by which the metric is split.

  • mean: The mean of the metric.

  • min: The minimum value of the metric.

  • p10: The 10th percentile of the metric.

  • p25: The 25th percentile of the metric.

  • p50: The 50th percentile of the metric.

  • p75: The 75th percentile of the metric.

  • p90: The 90th percentile of the metric.

  • max: The maximum value of the metric.

  • sd: The standard deviation of the metric.

  • range: The range of the metric.

  • n: The number of observations.

• "data": data frame. Data with calculated person averages.

• ⁠"frequency⁠: list of data frames. Each data frame contains the frequencies used in each panel of the plotted histogram.

See Also

Other Flexible: create_bar(), create_bar_asis(), create_boxplot(), create_bubble(), create_density(), create_dist(), create_fizz(), create_inc(), create_line(), create_line_asis(), create_period_scatter(), create_rank(), create_sankey(), create_scatter(), create_stacked(), create_tracking(), create_trend()

Examples

# Return plot for whole organization
create_hist(pq_data, metric = "Collaboration_hours", hrvar = NULL)

# Return plot
create_hist(pq_data, metric = "Collaboration_hours", hrvar = "Organization")

# Return plot but coerce plot to 3 columns
create_hist(pq_data, metric = "Collaboration_hours", hrvar = "Organization", ncol = 3)

# Return summary table
create_hist(pq_data,  metric = "Collaboration_hours", hrvar = "Organization", return = "table")

vivainsights documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 6:21 p.m.