v0.8.1

New Features and Fixes

• Added the ability to define final actions for validation (post interrogation), by @rich-iannone in #146
• Refined translations for the zh-Hant lang, by @jrycw in #143

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.8.1

v0.8.0

New Features

• Added highest_level= and default= parameters to the Actions class, by @rich-iannone (#124, #126)
• The brief= text now appears in the validation report table, plus we enabled more templating features for brief=, by @rich-iannone in #127
• Add the global setting option for brief= in Validate, by @rich-iannone in #128
• We now allow for flexible validations using dates or datetimes, by @rich-iannone (#134, #135, #136)
• The lang= value in Validate now translates the validation report table to lang='s spoken language, and several more language translations were added, by @rich-iannone (#131, #138, #139)
• We can now better customize the header in step reports through .get_step_report(header=...), by @rich-iannone in #142

Fixes and Documentation

• There's now a configurable limit (with set default) on extract rows (no matter which scheme was used for their collection), by @rich-iannone in #130
• Renamed internal references to threshold levels, by @rich-iannone in #140
• Enhanced the docs for Validate and the validation methods, by @rich-iannone in #137

Full Changelog: v0.7.3...v0.8.0

v0.7.3

New Features

• Added the limit= parameter to get_step_report(), by @rich-iannone in #115
• The new min_tbl_width= arg in preview() can improve the display of narrow preview tables by default, and, allows for customization, by @rich-iannone in #117
• Added the get_action_metadata() function to help users make more powerful Actions callables, by @rich-iannone in #118
• We now include failure text in the _ValidationInfo object after interrogation, by @rich-iannone in #119
• Basic customization of the header in get_step_report() is now possible, by @rich-iannone in #120
• Added the ability to select a subset of columns in row-based step reports, by @rich-iannone in #123

Full Changelog: v0.7.2...v0.7.3

v0.7.2

New Features and Fixes

• Pointblank now supports the Traditional Chinese (zh-Hant) locale (for localization of autobriefs), by @jrycw in #109
• Allow validations to work with dates/datetime comparisons across columns, by @rich-iannone in #110
• Revised preview() for better operability with the Ibis PySpark backend, by @rich-iannone in #112

New Contributors

• @jrycw made their first contribution in #109

Full Changelog: v0.7.1...v0.7.2

v0.7.1

New Features and Fixes

• Added the assistant() function to chat with the API by @rich-iannone in #104
• Add note about getting a validation report from the REPL by @aborruso in #99

New Contributors

• @aborruso made their first contribution in #99
• @albersonmiranda made their first contribution in #103

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.7.1

v0.7.0

New Features and Fixes

• Added the get_tabular_report() method to DataScan and the col_summary_tbl() function by @rich-iannone (#86, #88, #93)
• Introduced a Code Checks CI workflow to incorporate Ruff and pre-commit by @rich-iannone in #87

Full Changelog: v0.6.3...v0.7.0

v0.6.3

New Features and Fixes

• Templating options are now available for strings used in brief= (all validation methods) and for any Actions consisting of text printed to the console, by @rich-iannone in #78
• Much more information about a table is now collected through a DataScan, by @rich-iannone in #84
• Any tables generated by Pointblank should no longer yield warnings in a Quarto publishing environment when Great Tables 0.17.0 (or higher) is installed, by @rich-iannone in #85
• Fixed a display issue concerning value sets within step reports, by @phobson in #80

New Contributors

• @phobson made their first contribution in #80

Full Changelog: v0.6.2...v0.6.3

v0.6.2

New Features and Fixes

• Ollama LLM provider support was added to the DraftValidation class by @rich-iannone in #70
• We can now add 'briefs' and Pointblank will generate 'autobriefs' as needed by @rich-iannone in #71
• Added a tolerance parameter (tol=) to the row_count_match() validation method by @tylerriccio33 in #73
• Incorporated the use of ruff in the project by @tylerriccio33 in #76
• Enhanced the assert_passing() method to indicate which tests failed by @tylerriccio33 in #72

Full Changelog: v0.6.1...v0.6.2

v0.6.1

Breaking Changes

• thresholds level names have been renamed to better align with standard log levels by @rich-iannone in #69

New Features

• Added the ability to execute actions when exceeding threshold levels by @rich-iannone in #66
• Added AWS Bedrock support to DraftValidation by @kmasiello in #67

Fixes

• Improved the implementation of DraftValidation by @rich-iannone in #68

New Contributors

• @kmasiello made their first contribution in #67

Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v0.6.1

v0.6.0

Features

• Added the experimental DraftValidation class for drafting a validation plan based on a provided dataset by @rich-iannone (#60, #50)
• Added the experimental DataScan class, which creates a succinct summary of any supported table by @rich-iannone in #59
• Added the missing_vals_tbl() function for providing an HTML summary of missing values in any supported table by @rich-iannone in #53
• Added the assert_passing() method for Validate as a convenience for test suites by @tylerriccio33 in #64
• The nycflights dataset is now available in load_dataset() by @rich-iannone in #54

Fixes and Documentation

• Integer and decimal values are now better formatted in HTML displays by @rich-iannone in #55
• Fixed usage of the Ibis head() method call (changed in recent versions of Ibis) by @rich-iannone in #52
• Revised appearance of step reports for validations based on checks of column values by @rich-iannone in #49
• Improved the documentation of the Schema class by @rich-iannone in #61
• Added interlinks throughout the Reference API pages by @rich-iannone in #65
• Fixed a typo in the README.md file by @gregorywaynepower in #56

New Contributors

• @gregorywaynepower made their first contribution in #56
• @tylerriccio33 made their first contribution in #64

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.0