Changes in version 0.4.30 - BREAKING CHANGE to read_cpi() in light of changes to the CPI (move to monthly collection). Now has a frequency argument that controls whether the quarterly or monthly data is returned. Changes in version 0.4.20 (2026-01-07) - Minor bug fixes Changes in version 0.4.19 (2025-05-18) - Bug fix - read_erp() no longer returns a grouped data frame. Thanks to @nerskin for the fix. - Bug fix - address a situation where the ABS adds additional non-data worksheets to a time series spreadsheet Changes in version 0.4.18 (2025-03-02) - New read_erp() function added thanks to Francis Markham. Loads estimated resident population data. - The experimental readabs::read_api() function no longer coerces columns describing the data categories to numeric. Thanks to @kletts. - read_lfs_datacube() now able to fetch modelled SA4 labour force estimates, thanks to @AngusMoore - Bug fix to read_job_mobility() - Fix to reflect changed ABS API URL - read_payrolls() updated to work with reconfigured (less frequent) ABS payrolls data. - Documentation clarified to note that release_date arg to read_abs() does not reliably work for annual data. - Refresh internal data Changes in version 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. Changes in version 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. Changes in version 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. Changes in version 0.4.13 (2023-01-29) - Added read_job_mobility() - Added read_abs_url() - Added a release_date argument to read_abs() - Bug fixes Changes in version 0.4.12 (2022-04-15) - Bug fixes Changes in version 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. Changes in version 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 Changes in version 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 Changes in version 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) Changes in version 0.4.7 - Package dependencies reduced - Bug fixed in read_payrolls() Changes in version 0.4.6 (2020-11-20) - New read_payrolls() convenience function added - New read_awe() convenience function added - Package logo added Changes in version 0.4.5.2 - Bug fixes, including addressing a case where an ABS URL has a space in it Changes in version 0.4.5.1 (2020-10-14) - minor fixes to unit tests Changes in version 0.4.5 (2020-10-04) - download_abs_data_cube() and associated functions revamped for new ABS website Changes in version 0.4.4 - Speed improvements - get_abs() removed Changes in version 0.4.3.3 (2020-09-16) - Minor internal change to prepare readabs for the new ABS website Changes in version 0.4.3.2 (2020-08-30) - New download_abs_data_cube() function added courtesy of David Diviny Changes in version 0.4.3.1 - Error when using dev version of vctrs package rectified Changes in version 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 Changes in version 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. Changes in version 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 Changes in version 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) Changes in version 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() Changes in version 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 Changes in version 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 Changes in version 0.2.1 (2018-06-04) - Add descriptive information to read_abs_sdmx() Changes in version 0.2.0 - Delete read_abs_codebook() - Create vignette and website using pkgdown - Update documentation and available data Changes in version 0.1.0 - Name change from abs to readabs