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Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

slfhelper 0.11.1

  • Fixed a fatal bug introduced in v0.11.0:
    • Removed accidental call to devtools::check() during package installation.
    • Moved update_slfhelper.R from R/ to data-raw/ to avoid execution at load time.
  • Adjusted dependencies:
    • Moved hms from Imports to Suggests to reduce unnecessary hard dependency.
  • Documentation and website improvements:
    • Added new articles covering memory usage, use of the arrow package, and worked examples.
    • Corrected typos and small errors in vignettes.
  • Updated internal support files:
    • Refreshed WORDLIST and internal variable metadata.

slfhelper 0.11.0

  • Update - Added sc_lookup (updated variable names)

slfhelper 0.10.5

  • Bug - fix age as an integer when reading multiple years

slfhelper 0.10.4

  • Bug - Fix build tests
  • New feature - Additional documentation
  • Update README.md
  • Bug - Fix the tidyselect feature bug

slfhelper 0.10.3

  • New feature - use tidyselect to col_selectin read_slf_episode and read_slf_individual.

slfhelper 0.10.2

  • Update README.md
  • change in episode file cost variable vector
  • force keytime format to hms

slfhelper 0.10.1

  • Update README.Rmd
  • Bug - speed up get_chi()

slfhelper 0.10.0

  • {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.

slfhelper 0.9.0

  • {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.

slfhelper 0.8.2

  • ep_file_vars and indiv_file_vars updated with correct variables.

slfhelper 0.8.1

  • Use cli for nicer error messages and warning.

slfhelper 0.8.0

  • 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.

slfhelper 0.7.1

  • 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.

slfhelper 0.7.0

  • 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.

slfhelper 0.6.0

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

slfhelper 0.5.3

  • 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