How to make a sunburst plot in R or Python?

Question

So far I have been unable to find an R library that can create a sunburst plot like those by John Stasko. Anyone knows how to accomplish that in R or Python?

Answer 1

Here is an example using R and plotly (based on my answer here):

library(datasets)
library(data.table)
library(plotly)

as.sunburstDF <- function(DF, valueCol = NULL){
  require(data.table)
  
  colNamesDF <- names(DF)
  
  if(is.data.table(DF)){
    DT <- copy(DF)
  } else {
    DT <- data.table(DF, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
  }
  
  DT[, root := names(DF)[1]]
  colNamesDT <- names(DT)
  
  if(is.null(valueCol)){
    setcolorder(DT, c("root", colNamesDF))
  } else {
    setnames(DT, valueCol, "values", skip_absent=TRUE)
    setcolorder(DT, c("root", setdiff(colNamesDF, valueCol), "values"))
  }
  
  hierarchyCols <- setdiff(colNamesDT, "values")
  hierarchyList <- list()
  
  for(i in seq_along(hierarchyCols)){
    currentCols <- colNamesDT[1:i]
    if(is.null(valueCol)){
      currentDT <- unique(DT[, ..currentCols][, values := .N, by = currentCols], by = currentCols)
    } else {
      currentDT <- DT[, lapply(.SD, sum, na.rm = TRUE), by=currentCols, .SDcols = "values"]
    }
    setnames(currentDT, length(currentCols), "labels")
    hierarchyList[[i]] <- currentDT
  }
  
  hierarchyDT <- rbindlist(hierarchyList, use.names = TRUE, fill = TRUE)
  
  parentCols <- setdiff(names(hierarchyDT), c("labels", "values", valueCol))
  hierarchyDT[, parents := apply(.SD, 1, function(x){fifelse(all(is.na(x)), yes = NA_character_, no = paste(x[!is.na(x)], sep = ":", collapse = " - "))}), .SDcols = parentCols]
  hierarchyDT[, ids := apply(.SD, 1, function(x){paste(x[!is.na(x)], collapse = " - ")}), .SDcols = c("parents", "labels")]
  hierarchyDT[, c(parentCols) := NULL]
  return(hierarchyDT)
}

DF <- as.data.table(Titanic)
setcolorder(DF, c("Survived", "Class", "Sex", "Age", "N"))
sunburstDF <- as.sunburstDF(DF, valueCol = "N")

# Sunburst
plot_ly(data = sunburstDF, ids = ~ids, labels= ~labels, parents = ~parents, values= ~values, type='sunburst', branchvalues = 'total')

# Treemap
# plot_ly(data = sunburstDF, ids = ~ids, labels= ~labels, parents = ~parents, values= ~values, type='treemap', branchvalues = 'total')

Some additional information can be found here.

Answer 2

Theres a package called ggsunburst. Sadly is not in CRAN but you can install following the instruction in the website: http://genome.crg.es/~didac/ggsunburst/ggsunburst.html.

Hope it helps to people who still looking for a good package like this.

Regards,