[Feature Request]: data statistics

[minhsueh]

Problem

I would like to propose data statistics visualizations for the Materials Project, providing users with a quick overview of data size and the elemental distribution from different APIs.

I don't know if it is the right repo for this request, but I posted it here since I was using mp-API. Please let me know if something similar exists or if there is another suitable place (which might be documentation). Thanks!

Proposed Solution

This is the dashboard concept I have in mind. The histogram displays the data size across different APIs, while the heatmap shows the elemental distribution. Each cell represents the number of materials that contain the corresponding element. For instance, the cell for Si indicates the number of materials of Si-*.

Alternatives

No response

[tschaume]

@minhsueh thanks for the suggestion! Would you be willing to develop an MP-compatible Plotly Dash app for us? We have avenues to include user-developed Dash apps into MP and @yang-ruoxi can provide guidance.

PS: the best place for these requests is probably a post on our forum

[minhsueh]

Hi @tschaume and @yang-ruoxi, thanks for the invitation; I am excited to have this opportunity to contribute! I have been using Ploty for another project, and interactive visualization is definitely a good idea! Please let me know what repo/where I should look for.

[yang-ruoxi]

Thanks @minhsueh it would be great to have something like that! I have a currently private repo that is still being developed which takes contributed apps, I would be happy to chat about in details if you're interested.

[minhsueh]

@yang-ruoxi That would be awesome! Not sure how we will communicate, but here is my email: peter810601@gmail.com.