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readabs 0.4.18.9xx development version

  • Bug fix - read_erp() no longer returns a grouped data frame. Thanks to @nerskin for the fix.

readabs 0.4.18

  • 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

readabs 0.4.16

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

readabs 0.4.15

  • 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

  • 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

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

readabs 0.4.12

  • Bug fixes

readabs 0.4.11

  • 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

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

readabs 0.4.9

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • minor fixes to unit tests

readabs 0.4.5

  • 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

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

readabs 0.4.3.2

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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