allow log scale for certain clinical attributes in plots tab

[adamabeshouse]

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[adamabeshouse]

@inodb @jjgao how do we decide which clinical attributes can have log scale? is it just total mutations?

[jjgao]

@adamabeshouse maybe we can add a log option (toggle on/off, by default off) for any number attributes.

You can also do that for negative numbers:

https://community.tableau.com/thread/105453

[zhx828]

@onursumer study view bar chart may need this too, not critical yet.

[jjgao]

@zhx828 @onursumer it was an example to show how to do log transformation for negative data, but yeah it can be useful in study view page.

[adamabeshouse]

@jjgao i think that strategy would only work for data greater in absolute value than 1, as in the link. not sure how it would work for values whose log is negative

[jjgao]

@adamabeshouse you are right... I couldn't think of a general solution. Let's do some more research.

[adamabeshouse]

for now we could hardcode it in for total mutations?

[jjgao]

@adamabeshouse ok. Maybe make it an option.