Changelog • slfhelper

slfhelper 0.10.5

New feature - use tidyselect to col_selectin read_slf_episode and read_slf_individual.

{glue} is no longer a dependency as the required functionality can be provided by `stringr::str_glue().
Dependency versions have been updated to the latest.
get_chi() and get_anon_chi() now properly match missing (NA) and blank ("") values.
slfhelper now defaults to using the .parquet file versions, old versions of slfhelper will no longer work.
There is now a dev parameter available when using the read_slf_* functions which allows reading the file from the development environment.

{openssl} is now required.
get_chi() and get_anon_chi() are now much faster (>100X) and use significantly less memory.
The year parameter is now checked early in the process, and if an invalid year is supplied the error message should be much more informative.

Add a number of ‘variable packs’ for easily selecting sets of variables: demog_vars, ltc_vars, ep_file_bedday_vars and ep_file_cost_vars.
Add a new vignette introducing variable packs.

Add check for server and hscdiip access on package load.
Add a recid lookup for use with the recid filtering parameter.
When using get_anon_chi() it will now use phsmethods::chi_check (if available) and warn if a lot of CHI numbers return as invalid.
Update variable lists for new Home Care related variables.

Now depends on R >= 3.5
ep_file_vars and indiv_file_vars updated with the latest variable names. These now also return a character vector instead of a list.
read_slf_ now returns a tibble.

Fix bug with selecting partnerships/recids when also selecting multiple years (#13) (#14)

Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
Moved to use Rmd version for the readme.
Bump dplyr version requirement to 1.0.0 to enable use of across() and other new things.
Add checks to the year