Templates for markdown files in R

W. Francuzik
6.07.2016 @BerlinRUg

Why do we need templates in R Markdown

speed (load default libs, data sets, files etc.)
consistency
ease
conformity (you are less likely to forget crucial points)

An example of use

The weekly report:

repetitive
similar
must include certain analyses

Where do they exist in RStudio?

where

Are there any already availible?

https://github.com/hrbrmstr/markdowntemplates

temp1

Are there any already availible?

temp2

Are there any already availible?

The rticles package provides a suite of custom R Markdown LaTeX formats and templates for varoius formats, including:

JSS articles
R Journal articles
CTeX documents
ACM articles
ACS articles
Elsevier journal submissions

How to create your own?

you need to create a package
you need a defined file structure
you need two files one yaml and one Rmd

File structure

Directory: inst/rmarkdown/templates/my_template

template.yaml 
skeleton/skeleton.Rmd 
skeleton/logo.png 
skeleton/styles.css

YAML file

template.yaml

name: My Template
create_dir: true

File structure

skeleton/skeleton.Rmd

---
title: "Untitled"
output:
  html_document:
    toc: true
    fig_caption: true
---

## Overview

## Analysis

Have fun!