NEWS

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RDBEScore 0.3.5

• Bug fix: addressed #251.
• Docs/params: expanded docs for combineRDBESDataObjects() and createRDBESDataObject(); clarified hierarchy behavior and ... options (strict, verbose, hierarchy).
• Mixed hierarchies: combineRDBESDataObjects() now warns/errors when objects use different hierarchies (strict=TRUE for error).
• ID tables: createTableOfRDBESIds() merging more robust by hierarchy; clearer BV handling and console output.

RDBEScore 0.3.4

• Defaults: createRDBESDataObject() now runs validation by default
• Estimation object: added incDesignVariables to createRDBESEstObject() to optionally drop design variables; convert character columns to factors to reduce size.
• SA sub-sampling: replaced recursive logic with a self-join + lookup (prepareSubSampleLevelLookup), with warnings for missing or non‑unique matches.
• Memory: added frequent gc() calls across estimation/join steps for large data.
• Joins: improved field selection for hierarchy 7 in procRDBESEstObjUppHier(); clarified logic for selecting VDid fields.
• Docs/CI: added pkgdown GitHub Actions workflow; improved function docs (params/returns); updated .Rbuildignore and package URLs.
• Vignettes: updated estimation workflow and sub-sampling sections; added memory tips, minimal examples, and brief benchmarking notes.
• Performance: filterRDBESDataObject() now uses data.table for faster filtering.

RDBEScore 0.3.3

• Update to work with with the 2025 RDBES data call format

RDBEScore 0.3.2

• Can import zip files of the updated download format where each hierarchy is in a separate directory
• added optional install method to readme

RDBEScore 0.3.1

• update to the latest RDBES data format (version 1.19.20)

RDBEScore 0.3.0

This version introduces a bunch of changes to the package. The updated behaviour is best explained in the vignettes. The main changes are:

• The package has been updated to use the newest RDBES data format (version 1.19.18)
• S3 methods print, summary and sort have been added for the RDBESDataObject class
• All vignettes are updated to reflect the changes in the package
• A lot of example data is added to the package from packages survey and SDAResources
• Example data for RDBES hierarchies 1, 5 and 8 is added to the package data
• function createRDBESDataObject is now the only data import function in the package
• createRDBESDataObject accepts .zip files, al list of data frames and folder of. csv files as input
• a strict parameter is added to validateRDBESDataObject to control the strictness of the validation
• A new set of tests have been added to the package

Also some minor fixes to functions have been added.

RDBEScore 0.2.0

• generateZerosUsingSL: fixed behaviour and added tests for function

RDBEScore 0.1.0

• RDBESRawObjects (and associated functions) have been renamed to RDBESDataObjects. Code from previous versions of the package will need to be updated.