What's Changed

• Add website to DESCRIPTION by @olivroy in https://github.com/microsoft/wpa/pull/235
• Minor bug fixes and release patch version v1.9.1 by @sachinstl in https://github.com/microsoft/wpa/pull/239

New Contributors

• @olivroy made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/wpa/pull/235
• @sachinstl made their first contribution in https://github.com/microsoft/wpa/pull/239

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/wpa/compare/v1.9.0...v1.9.1

Updates to network_p2p(), with breaking changes to the argument, addressing issue #225:

• network_p2p() now has a centrality argument for computing and visualizing centrality as node sizes in the network plot
• the algorithm argument is renamed to layout for better intuitiveness
• Improved consistency and intuitiveness of the API, with style argument now controlling the network plotting mechanism and return argument controlling whether plots are generated interactively or saved as PDF
• Added a large number of community detection algorithms from igraph

network_summary() adds the ability to return pagerank.

This version also includes some minor dependency maintenance done to create_dt().

• Patch issues due to updates to tidyr to CRAN

• Updated and improved output and algorithm for workpatterns_classify()
• Additional visual options for workpatterns_classify() and flex_index()
• Added the external_* family of functions to visualize the metric Collaboration_hours_external
• Added experimental function identify_datefreq() for detecting date frequency (#131)

• Renamed 'Workplace Analytics' to 'Viva Insights'
• Improved features for multiple functions, e.g. centrality calculations for network_p2p()
• Improved compatibility of functions with new queries
• Introduced new functions, e.g. create_density(), keymetrics_scan_asis(), network_summary()
• Removed 'portes' dependency, which was removed from CRAN
• Bug fixes

• Made meeting_skim() dynamic - the function will still run even if not all variables are present. (#198)
• Enable text mining functions to accept stopwords argument as a string vector, rather than a data frame (#182)
• Better handling of errors due to variable name inconsistency when loading in a Ways of Working Assessment query as opposed to a Standard Person Query (#201)

• Added create_inc() for creating incidence analysis
• Replaced outdated uses of mutate_all() in functions (#195)

• Added new signal options for flex_index() (#183, #185)
• Minor feature improvements (#186)
• Minor bugs fixed (#181, #184)
• Updated em_data with new signals (#191)

• Fixed several minor bugs reported on GitHub (#177, #178, #180, #181)
• Refurbished meeting_tm_report() (#173)

• Improved visuals on workpatterns_rank() and identify_shifts_wp() (#160)
• Added ability to show percentages on identify_shifts_wp() (#160)

New functions:

• generate_report2() (#141)
• wellbeing_report() (#141)
• create_tracking() (#141)
• anonymize() (#162)
• jitter_metrics() (#162)

Other changes:

• Improved error handling on create_IV() (#157)
• Bug fixes to plotting mechanism for network_p2p() and added ability to select custom weights (#149)

• Improved aesthetics on plots
• New visuals, with abbreviated labels added to archetypes generated by workpatterns_classify() (#130, #132)

New functions:

• hrvar_trend() (#132)
• one2one_freq() (#132)

This is the stable version of v1.4.3 as released on CRAN.

wpa 1.4.0

v1.4.0 is the version where the working patterns family of functions are released open source as part of wpa (#55). These functions include:

• workpatterns_classify()
• flex_index()
• workpatterns_report()
• plot_flex_index()

In addition to the above, there are also some new functions, bug fixes, documentation, and performance improvements.

New functions:

• import_to_fst() (#86)
• create_hist() (#80)
• identify_shifts_wp() (#66)

Significant changes to existing functions:

• collaboration_report(): visuals and structure are improved (#69)
• import_wpa() can now specify encoding when reading in data, which now defaults to UTF-8 (#76). This resolves a previous bug for reading in double-byte characters.
• network_g2g(): now auto-detects columns for collaborators and time investors. Also, if the value 'Collaborators Within Group' does not exist in the data, a warning message is returned.

Bug fixes:

• collab_area() now has relaxed variable name checks which makes it less prone to fail when not all exact collaboration metrics are available or when cases do not match (#81).
• Resolved an issue of overly strict checks on flag_outlooktime(). Now it is possible to pass both 7:30 and 07:30 as inputs.

Documentation changes have been implemented across the board to comply with CRAN and to improve the user experience (#31)

For detailed PR changes, see #55, #61, #62, #63, #64, #66, #67, #69, #75, #76, #79, #80, #81, #84, #85, #86, #87.

Summary

New functions, bug fixes, and performance improvements.

Significant changes to existing functions:

• New plot visual is available for keymetrics_scan()
• combine_signals() can now dynamically accept any metrics available in the Hourly Collaboration query.
• pairwise_count() now uses a data.table implementation, instead of dependent on widyr.

New functions:

• network_p2p()
• network_leiden()
• network_louvain()
• network_describe()
• create_sankey()
• totals_col()

Some package dependencies have been removed (see #36):

• network
• GGally
• widyr

For detailed PR changes, see #17, #18, #19, #25, #30, #32, #36, #37, #39, #41, #46, #47, #49, #50, #53, and #54.

Summary

1.3.0 is the first open-source release of wpa.

• This version contains only the non-experimental functions, and implements certain best practice features, such as clearer documentation, the 'don't repeat yourself' (DRY) architecture, and consistency in colour palettes.
• There are no significant feature or breaking changes for those who have been using the pilot version of wpa, except for the omission of the experimental functions.

For detailed PR changes, see #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #8, #13, and #14.