cansim 0.4.2
Minor changes
- ensure proper ordering of levels even if StatCan metadata is not ordered
- better error messages and information on how to disable peer checking when StatCan SSL certificates have problems
- automatically batch vector or coordinate data retrieval in case users request more than 300 series at a time ## Major changes
- enable series information by table and coordinate
- generate table template and facilitate adding vector info to aid pinpointed data download
- enable downloading of data by vector and multiple coordinates in get_cansim_data_for_table_coord_periods (breaking changes with change to parameter)
cansim 0.4
CRAN release: 2025-02-24
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
CRAN release: 2024-11-06
Minor changes
- fix problem with reading French tables released by the census division
- restore original column order after converting to factors
- convert 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 0.3.13
CRAN release: 2022-11-07
Minor changes
- Speed up access to cached sqlite tables
- Fix problem with
get_cansim_vector_info()
cansim 0.3.9
CRAN release: 2021-07-29
Major changes
- deprecate
list_cansim_tables
andserach_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
CRAN release: 2021-05-27
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 0.3.6
CRAN release: 2021-05-08
Major changes
- Fold part of
normalize_cansim_values
into the default table and vector output, in particular always add a scaled variable column calledval_norm
and an imputedDate
column and covert categories to factors by default. - New
get_cansim_sqlite
function that stores tables in an SQLite database and facilitates access and management of data.
cansim 0.3.4
CRAN release: 2020-03-05
Minor changes
- Expand
get_cansim_table_notes()
functionality - Add functionality to access the new cube list API
cansim 0.3.0
CRAN release: 2019-07-18
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