Loading Files to the R Server
This is a little more cumbersome than if you have the desktop version of RStudio, but it’s not too bad.
Remember the Reed R Server can be found at rstudio.reed.edu
To add a file to the server, you have to download it to your computer, then upload it to the server. This may seem counter-intuitive or tedious, and there are other to load files, but this will likely be the most common way you add files. If you have need a file from Moodle or Google Drive, it may not be directly accessible by the server, but if you first download it to your computer, then you’ll be able to add it to the server.
Once you have downloaded the file, take note of where it is in on your computer. Maybe you downloaded it to a Downloads folder, maybe not, you can search for the name “charlie_treats.csv” to see where it is. In this example, I have it on my Desktop. Now we’ll move it to the server. (This can be a little confusing because the organization of files on the server has a similar format to that on your computer: both have a home folder that can contain sub-folders.)
To add it from your computer to the server, click the “Files” tab in the lower right pane to see all the files that you have on the server and press the “Upload” button. (If you don’t see an Upload button, press the gear icon and you’ll see more options.) Press “Choose File” to find the csv file on your computer. “Target directory” is where the file will end up on the server. Press “Browse” and then “New Folder” at the bottom right. Name this folder “test”, press “Choose”, then press “OK”.
Then you should see a similar result to if you used the desktop version.
