I am working on a R shiny app that reads many .xpt files and displays the data in a table. The user can also choose which file to display by selecting the 'selectInput' option.
I use DT here to render the dtatable so that filter boxes appear by default. Unfortunately, the DataTable is not rendered. I am not able to figure it out the issue.
One more help: Since I am new to R shiny, I am not able to figure out where my datatable (on which variable, perhaps 'df') is kept so that I can use it to add extra functionality in the future.
Data:
Mat.xpt:
STUDYID DOMAIN SUBID MATSEQ 1 Mat Mat_1 1 2 Mat Mat_2 2 3 Mat Mat_3 3 4 Mat Mat_4 4 5 Mat Mat_5 5 6 Mat Mat_6 6 7 Mat Mat_7 7 Cap.xpt
STUDYID DOMAIN SUBID MATSEQ 1 Cap Cap_1 1 2 Cap Cap_2 2 3 Cap Cap_3 3 4 Cap Cap_4 4 5 Cap Cap_5 5 6 Cap Cap_6 6 7 Cap Cap_7 7 code
library(shiny) library(haven) library(stringr) library(DT) ui <- fluidPage( sidebarLayout( sidebarPanel( fileInput("file1", "Choose CSV File", multiple = TRUE, accept = c( "text/csv", "text/comma-separated-values,text/plain", ".csv", ".xpt" ) ), tags$hr(), checkboxInput("header", "Header", TRUE), dataTableOutput("files_available") ), mainPanel( tableOutput("contents") ) ) ) server <- function(input, output) { output$files_available <- renderUI({ req(input$file1) selectInput("name", str_to_title("select which file to show"), choices = input$file1$name) }) df <- reactive({ req(input$name) read_xpt(input$file1$datapath[[which(input$file1$name == input$name)]]) }) output$files_available <- renderDataTable({ datatable(df(), filter="top",options = list(lengthChange = FALSE),callback=JS(" //hide column filters for the first two columns $.each([0, 1], function(i, v) { $('input.form-control').eq(v).hide() });"))}) } shinyApp(ui, server) 
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