How to build a business report using Quarto ?
Workflow Demo - 27/03/2024
Generic introduction to Quarto
Building a business report with Quarto
What is Quarto ?
Quarto is a new, open-source, scientific, and technical publishing system
- Computations: Python, R, Julia, Observable JS
- Markdown: Pandoc with many enhancements
- Output: Documents, presentations, websites, books, blogs
How it works ?
- Leverages multiple computation engines
- Uses
.md,.qmdor.ipynbas source files - Extends Pandoc universal converter
- Produces several output formats
How to start?
Look at Quarto Documentation website:
Getting started: https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/
User guide: https://quarto.org/docs/guide/
How to use?
Quarto CLI
Core component that drives Quarto rendering. This is the only thing you need to render plain markdown (it includes Pandoc).
- Add
knitrto render documents with R - Add
jupyterto render with Jupyter kernels
This is a system level component that can be used with any tooling.
How to use?
RStudio IDE
RStudio IDE bundles Quarto and integrates with it.
How to use?
Jupyter Lab
- As an extension
How to use?
Visual Editor
WYSIWYM editor
for Quarto
VS CODE
RStudio IDE
Demo
Let’s dive now into a demo of Quarto !
Our Use Case
🎯 Build a business report for stakeholders in enterprise context.
Steps
Starting from a standard HTML document
Adding some Quarto specific features to improve it
Styling to match some style guide
Publishing and sharing results
Customizing some scheduled email updates
Watch Demo
Live report demo published on Posit Connect (preview on next slide)