NEWS

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readabs 0.4.16 (2024-05-27)

• An error inadvertently introduced in 0.4.15 is fixed. This error would only affect a small minority of users.

readabs 0.4.15 (2024-05-27)

• read_lfs_datacube() convenience function added
• New environment variable "R_READABS_DL_METHOD" can be set. When set, this is passed to the method argument of download.file(). Useful on networks where a method such as "wininet" must be used.

readabs 0.4.14 (2023-08-08)

• Fixes made to read_payrolls() to reflect changes by the ABS
• read_api() and related experimental functions added by @kintob (thank you!) to work with data from the ABS.Stat API
• Documentation expanded and improved
• The ability to read sub-state estimates of payroll jobs using read_payrolls() has been removed, in light of the ABS's removal of this data from the release.

readabs 0.4.13 (2023-01-29)

• Added read_job_mobility()
• Added read_abs_url()
• Added a release_date argument to read_abs()
• Bug fixes

readabs 0.4.12 (2022-04-15)

• Bug fixes

readabs 0.4.11 (2021-12-16)

• New options available in read_payrolls(). Thanks to @martintburgess.
• Fixes to adapt to changes the ABS made to its time series spreadsheets without warning. Thanks to @Henry-DJPR.
• Fix to ensure read_abs_local() works with .xlsx files as well as .xlsx. Thanks to @hamgamb.

readabs 0.4.10 (2021-10-28)

• "industry_wages" is no longer an option in read_payrolls() as it has been removed from the data
• Bug fixes

readabs 0.4.9 (2021-05-24)

• read_abs_sdmx() function hard deprecated.
• check_latest_date() function to check latest observation date for ABS time series
• read_lfs_grossflows() convenience function added
• utils::download.file() used rather than curl::curl_download()
• Residual upstream dependence on curl eliminated
• Workaround implemented for changes to ABS Weekly Payrolls release
• search_catalogues() function added to make data cubes easier to find

readabs 0.4.8 (2021-02-09)

• Internal changes to the way files are downloaded
• Improvements to the read_awe() convenience function (able to get more data)

readabs 0.4.7

• Package dependencies reduced
• Bug fixed in read_payrolls()

readabs 0.4.6 (2020-11-20)

• New read_payrolls() convenience function added
• New read_awe() convenience function added
• Package logo added

readabs 0.4.5.2

• Bug fixes, including addressing a case where an ABS URL has a space in it

readabs 0.4.5.1 (2020-10-14)

• minor fixes to unit tests

readabs 0.4.5 (2020-10-04)

• download_abs_data_cube() and associated functions revamped for new ABS website

readabs 0.4.4

• Speed improvements
• get_abs() removed

readabs 0.4.3.3 (2020-09-16)

• Minor internal change to prepare readabs for the new ABS website

readabs 0.4.3.2 (2020-08-30)

• New download_abs_data_cube() function added courtesy of David Diviny

readabs 0.4.3.1

• Error when using dev version of vctrs package rectified

readabs 0.4.3 (2019-12-04)

• Alternative method now used to check for internet access when running read_abs(); the function now works in a broader range of IT environments
• README and vignette refined

readabs 0.4.2 (2019-10-08)

• Default path for read_abs() is now defined by an environmental variable; thanks to Hugh Parsonage for the idea and implementation.

readabs 0.4.1 (2019-08-20)

• separate_series() function gains a drop_nas argument, thanks to Sam Gow for the suggestion.
• Added more unit tests and reorganised tests

readabs 0.4.0 (2019-06-07)

• New separate_series() function thanks to David Diviny, which splits the series column of tidied ABS time series into multiple components
• New read_cpi() convenience function to get the CPI index numbers
• Files read with read_abs() are now stored in a subdirectory of path corresponding to the catalogue number
• New series_id argument to read_abs() allows users to get specific time series using their unique identifiers
• Order of arguments to read_abs() have changed slightly, with new series_id argument added
• Order of arguments to read_abs_local() have changed, new cat_no argument added, filenames argument works as before, but the argument order has changed
• Fixed file path error when using read_abs(retain_files = FALSE) on Windows
• get_abs() now deprecated; use read_abs() instead (it has identical functionality)

readabs 0.3.1 (2019-05-22)

• read_abs() now checks for internet access and returns a comprehensible error if not present
• New function read_abs_seriesid() gets data corresponding to unique ABS time series IDs
• Thanks to @HughParsonage for fixing the vignette index and suggesting other fixes
• ABS API was (silently!) updated to use https rather than http; readabs now works with this
• added a retain_files option (default = TRUE) to read_abs()

readabs 0.3.0 (2019-02-01)

• Merged with getabs package
• New core function (read_abs()) to download, import and tidy data in one step
• New function (read_abs_local()) to import and tidy locally-stored spreadsheets
• read_abs_data() is now soft-deprecated and will be removed in a future release

readabs 0.2.9 (2019-01-14)

• Matt Cowgill is the new maintainer and author of readabs
• Fixed issue (#1) with blank column names that arose from new name repair behaviour in tibble 2.0.0

readabs 0.2.1 (2018-06-04)

• Add descriptive information to read_abs_sdmx()

readabs 0.2.0

• Delete read_abs_codebook()
• Create vignette and website using pkgdown
• Update documentation and available data

readabs 0.1.0

• Name change from abs to readabs