cansim 0.4.1
Minor changes
- fix problem with parsing census data tables
- fix problem with converting to factors when classification codes are
attached.
cansim 0.4
Major changes
- add support for local caching in parquet and feather formats
- uniform interface for sqlite, parquet, and feather caching
- principled approach to column order ## Minor changes
- fix problem with inconsistent type parsing of notes
- better support for french language when accessing data by vector or
coordinate
- tests
cansim 0.3.17
Minor changes
- fix problem with reading French tables released by the census
division
- restore original column order after converting to factors
- convery geography column to factor if available
- fix problem with
add_provincial_abbreviations that
could lead to mislabelling of provinces in some cases
- improve handling of metadata, enable downloading only metadata
instead of only via full table download
- fold metadata into data when accessing via vector or
coordinates
- allow for cansim vectors in
view_cansim_webpage to view
vector information from statcan in the browser
cansim 0.3.16
Minor changes
- improve offline handling when StatCan servers are down
- improve metadata handling when Member ID order is mixed up in
metadata
- fix problem with refreshing data in get_cansim_vectors
cansim 0.3.15
Minor changes
- accommodate quirks in table 98-10-0017
cansim 0.3.14
Minor changes
- Better header parsing to avoid warning messages
- Fix problem with some semi-wide tables
cansim 0.3.13
Minor changes
- Speed up access to cached sqlite tables
- Fix problem with
get_cansim_vector_info()
cansim 0.3.12
Major changes
- Fix bug that causes collect_and_normalize not to function on some
operating systems
cansim 0.3.11
Major changes
- Support for new semi-wide table format, e.g. Census data releases ##
Minor changes
- Improvement in offline handling of sqlite tables
cansim 0.3.10
Minor changes
- Better error handling when StatCan returns empty tables
- Add Hierachy for Geography in sqlite tables
- Better fallback and warning messages when StatCan table categories
are internally inconsistent
- Performance improvements
cansim 0.3.9
Major changes
- deprecate
list_cansim_tables and
serach_cansim_tables and fallback to corresponding “_cube”
methods as Open Data Canada API has changed and similar functionality is
available through the “_cube” methods that tie directly into StatCan
APIS ## Minor changes
- Fix issues with top level duplicate categories
- Check for expired tables in
list_cansim_sqlite_cached_tables
- New auto-update feature for sqlite tables
cansim 0.3.8
Minor changes
- Exclude vignette from automatic CRAN checks to fix problem of CRAN
checks failing when StatCan servers are down and lead to the package
being removed from CRAN (checks are still active in local environment
and when using GitHub action checks)
- add release date info to cube metadata and cube list calls
- add auto-refresh option for sqlite tables
- remove deprecated
adjust_cansim_values_by_variable
function
cansim 0.3.7
Minor changes
- Fix problem with UTF-8 encoding on solaris
- move dbplyr dependence from Imports to Suggests
cansim 0.3.6
Major changes
- Fold part of
normalize_cansim_values into the default
table and vector output, in particular always add a scaled variable
column called val_norm and an imputed Date
column and covert categories to factors by default.
- New
get_cansim_sqlite function that stores tables in an
SQLite database and facilitates access and managemet of data.
Minor changes
- Adapt to changes in dplyr, tidyr, and tibble
- fix a bug that would not properly add hierarchies when category
names are repeated
- Use system unzip if
getOption("unzip") is set to enable
unzip for files larger than 4GB on unix-like systems
cansim 0.3.5
Minor changes
- Exclude all vignettes and example code from compilation as this may
cause CRAN check errors when StatCan servers are down or otherwise
temporarily unavailable
cansim 0.3.4
Minor changes
- Expand
get_cansim_table_notes() functionality
- Add functionality to access the new cube list API
cansim 0.3.3
Minor changes
- Fix time zone problem when parsing and formatting times for the
StatCan API
cansim 0.3.2
Minor changes
- Adjust package for changes in StatCan API with different metadata
format
cansim 0.3.1
Major changes
- Fixes issues arising from StatCan changing their API row limit
Minor changes
- Optimize vector retrieval by REF_DATE
cansim 0.3.0
Minor changes
- Fixes issues arising from StatCan changing their API
- Member Names come concatenated with Classification Code by default,
this could break existing code.
- Adds option to change fields to factors
- Adds option to strip Classification Codes from fields
- Exposes timeout limit to deal with slow connections and large
tables
cansim 0.2.3
Minor changes
- More robust table download functions
- Improved documentation
cansim 0.2.2
Major changes
- Initial CRAN release
- French metadata implemented