Graphical User Interface

Introduction

After running a study with createOutputFiles = TRUE (or generating summaries with precomputeSummary()), launch the viewer:

exampleDataDir <- system.file("example", "st", package = "CohortContrast", mustWork = TRUE)

CohortContrast::runCohortContrastViewer(
  dataDir = exampleDataDir
)

The bundled example studies include both patient-level and summary-mode outputs:

patientStudyPath <- system.file("example", "st", "lc500", package = "CohortContrast")
summaryStudyPath <- system.file("example", "st", "lc500s", package = "CohortContrast")

# Check which mode the Viewer would detect for each bundled study.
data.frame(
  study = c("lc500", "lc500s"),
  mode = c(
    CohortContrast::checkDataMode(patientStudyPath)$mode,
    CohortContrast::checkDataMode(summaryStudyPath)$mode
  )
)
#>    study    mode
#> 1  lc500 patient
#> 2 lc500s summary

This mirrors the mode badge shown in the Viewer after a study is selected.

Select a study and mode

Use the Studies panel to pick a study. The badge next to the title confirms whether the data is loaded in Patient Level Data mode or Summary Mode.

Studies panel and data mode badge

Main workflow in the UI

Recommended order:

1. Select study and confirm data mode.
2. Set filters in the sidebar and click Apply Filters.
3. Review the composite chart and table in Dashboard.
4. Optionally refine visibility using the table Show column and click Apply Table Selection.
5. Inspect Trajectories, Overlap, and Demographics.
6. Use Mappings (patient mode) for concept merges and review mapping history.

Tabs

• Dashboard: central composite view with enrichment/prevalence, time-to-event, age, sex, and cluster prevalence columns.
• Trajectories: concept ordering shifts across clusters.
• Overlap: concept co-occurrence matrix and pairwise relationship table.
• Demographics: cohort, cluster, and concept-level age/sex summaries.
• Mappings: manual and suggestion-based concept merges (patient mode), plus mapping history.
• Help: in-app methods and control reference.

See also:

• Dashboard Composite Plot
• Trajectories Tab
• Overlap Tab
• Mappings Tab
• Patient vs Summary Mode
• Demographics Tab
• Sidepanel Filters and Controls
• Air-gapped Server Setup

Mappings overview

In patient mode, the Mappings tab includes:

• Manual Merge: select main concepts in the Map column, create a merged concept, and apply.
• Hierarchy Suggestions: tune hierarchy parameters, click Update Hierarchy Suggestions, then merge selected rows.
• Correlation Suggestions: tune correlation parameters, click Update Correlation Suggestions, then merge selected rows.
• Mapping History: audited list of applied mappings.

Mappings tab with manual merge

Mappings tab with hierarchy and correlation suggestions