v0.17.0

New Features

• All col_schema_match() validation steps are now accompanied by notes that describe the results. (#325)
• Notes appear in validation reports notes when columns are not found or none are resolved by use of column selectors. (#326)
• Validation reports now have informative notes for steps that use the pre= parameter. (#328)
• New options are available (in get_tabular_report() and globally in config()) for enabling/disabling validation report footer sections. (#327)
• Added the test-core target for running core tests (large time savings compared to running all tests). (#331)
• New validation method added, col_pct_null(), for checking the percentage of Null values in a column. (#290, @tylerriccio33)

Fixes

• Removed a duplicate paragraph in the docs. (#329, @dpprdan)

New Contributors

• @dpprdan made their first contribution in #329

Full Changelog: v0.16.0...v0.17.0

v0.16.0

New Features

• Use of local thresholds settings will now produce notes at the bottom of the validation report table. (#318)
• Added the print_database_tables() function for printing a list of tables in a database connection. (#322, @Meghansaha)
• Added YAML support for several recently added validation methods. (#312)
• There are now report translations for all official EU languages. (#314)

Fixes

• Ensured that Pointblank is compatible with Python 3.14 (#320)

Docs

• Revised project website navigation to put the User Guide front and center. (#307, #321)
• Modified logo used in website. (#308)
• Added both the llms.txt and llms-full.txt files to the project website. (#310)
• Updated documentation with newly-added validation methods. (#311)
• Added a PDF version of the User Guide to the website (#313)
• Improved the appearance of the website's sidebar button (visible at constrained screen widths). (#315)
• Fixed broken contributor info links. (#316, @Meghansaha)

New Contributors

• @Meghansaha made their first contribution in #316

Full Changelog: v0.15.0...v0.16.0

v0.15.0

New Features

• Several new validation methods were incorporated: col_vals_within_spec(), col_vals_increasing(), col_vals_decreasing(), and tbl_match(). (#304, #305, #306)
• The option to ignore SSL verification was added to the DraftValidation class via the new verify_ssl= parameter. (#302)
• Added the (internal for now) 'notes' functionality for validation step, which will allow for useful information in individual validation steps to be available post-interrogation. (#303)

Fixes

• Altered the HTML tags of 'brief' text in validation reports for better display across different publishing environments. (#299)

Docs

• Added a User Guide page on validation reports. (#300)

Full Changelog: v0.14.0...v0.15.0

v0.14.0

New Features

• Added the .prompt() validation method to enable data validation using LLMs, evaluating data in rows against natural language descriptions instead of programmatic rules. (#287)
• The new write_file() and read_file() functions allow for writing/reading validation objects to and from disk. (#291)
• More translation languages added ("id", "uk", "he", "th", and "fa"). (#293)

Docs

• Summary fields in the get_validation_summary() docs examples were updated. (@jrycw, #284)
• The yaml_to_python() function now has published docs on the project website. (@jrycw, #288)
• There's now a Posit badge in the header of the project website. (#292)

Fixes

• Zero-row tables are now better handled in the validation workflow. (#297)

Chores

• Added many tests to improve code coverage. (#294, #298)
• New tests and documentation now available for validations involving datetime + timezone comparisons. (#289)

Full Changelog: v0.13.4...v0.14.0

v0.13.4

New Features

• Add Enum support to col_vals_in_set() and col_vals_not_in_set(). (#280)
• The col_vals_regex() validation method now has the inverse= parameter to enable negative regex matching. (#282)

Fixes

• The usage of pre= is now better isolated to the steps using it. (#283)

Full Changelog: v0.13.3...v0.13.4

v0.13.3

New Features

• Added the namespaces= parameter to yaml_interrogate() to facilitate authoring of custom actions. (@mark-druffel, #277)

Fixes

• Fixed error when using brief= with segments=seg_group(). (#275)

New Contributors

• @mark-druffel made their first contribution in #277

Full Changelog: v0.13.2...v0.13.3

v0.13.2

New Features

• String-based comparisons are now possible in the col_vals_eq() and col_vals_ne() validation methods. (#272)

Fixes

• We can now enable passing of NaN values during interrogation when na_pass=True. (#271)
• A col_vals_expr()-based step can now be used with the get_step_report() method. (#273)

Chores

• Fixed all CI test failures and warnings. (#270)

Full Changelog: v0.13.1...v0.13.2

v0.13.1

Fixes

• Several MCP server issues have been fixed. (#265)

Full Changelog: v0.13.0...v0.13.1

v0.13.0

New Features

• Incorporated a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation. (#239, #264, @pipaber)

Docs

• New installation instructions for adding Pointblank to pixi projects. (#263, @gregorywaynepower)

Chores

• Added Makefile pre-commit targets. (#262, @tylerriccio33)
• Reorganized tests and added new ones. (#261)

New Contributors

• @pipaber made their first contribution in #239

Full Changelog: v0.12.2...v0.13.0

v0.12.2

New Features

• Added the set_tbl() method and also the set_tbl= parameter to yaml_interrogate(). (#260)

Full Changelog: v0.12.1...v0.12.2