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

v0.5.0

Features

• Incorporate the use of Narwhals selectors to select multiple columns for validation by @rich-iannone in #45
• View a report for a single validation step with the new get_step_report() method by @rich-iannone (#31, #42, #43, #44, #47, #48)

Fixes and Documentation

• When collecting target table schema, avoid conversion to Narwhals (use native DF schemas) by @rich-iannone in #40
• Corrected installation instructions in the contributing guide by @malcolmbarrett in #41
• Fix issues with n_failing() correctness (when Null values present) by @rich-iannone in #46
• Added the Examples page on the project website by @rich-iannone (#32, #33)

New Contributors

• @malcolmbarrett made their first contribution in #41

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0

v0.4.0

Features

• Add the row_count_match() and col_count_match() validation methods by @rich-iannone (#24, #25)
• Add the col_vals_expr() validation method by @rich-iannone in #30
• Add the get_column_count() and get_row_count() functions by @rich-iannone in #23
• Add the preview() function by @rich-iannone in #20
• Incorporate row numbers to preview by @rich-iannone in #21
• Add option for info header in preview() table by @rich-iannone in #22

Fixes and Documentation

• Make corrections to step indexing by @rich-iannone in #26
• Improve visual display of rows_distinct() steps in validation report by @rich-iannone in #27
• In preview() function, make a copy of the input table by @rich-iannone in #29
• Use preview() with datasets throughout documentation by @rich-iannone in #28

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0

v0.3.0

Features

• Add the rows_distinct() validation method by @rich-iannone in #10
• Introduce column selectors for easily selecting one or more columns in a validation workflow by @rich-iannone in #18
• Add the col_schema_match() validation method and the Schema class by @rich-iannone in #11
• Add options for case-insensitive matching of coltypes and dtypes in schema checks by @rich-iannone in #13
• Allow for partial matching for dtypes by @rich-iannone in #15
• Allow definition of multiple dtypes per column in Schema to facilitate multiple attempts at dtype matching by @rich-iannone in #17
• Within col_schema_match(), enable checks of columns only (exclusive of dtypes) by @rich-iannone in #16
• Add global config options for validation table output by @rich-iannone in #8

Fixes and Documentation

• Display empty validation reports when there are no validation steps by @rich-iannone in #14
• Add the ColumnSelector class and improve documentation for all column selector functions by @rich-iannone in #19
• Add Column type to value=/left=/right= by @rich-iannone in #9

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.3.0