NEWS

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mantis 1.0.0 (2025-10-27)

Incorporates changes requested for acceptance into https://ropensci.org/.

Breaking changes

• expression parameter of alert_custom() replaces function_call

Bug fixes and minor improvements

• item_order parameter of outputspec() can now handle an arbitrary number of items
• timepoint_limits parameter for alerts and bespoke reports now automatically adjusts user-supplied values to align with the data and timepoint_unit where necessary, instead of inserting inappropriate additional timepoints in plots
• Date-only timepoints cast as POSIXt using a daylight-savings-varying timezone no longer result in inappropriate additional timepoints appearing in plots (#30)
• Stricter validation of POSIXt timepoints

mantis 0.4.3 (2025-08-01)

Include bespoke reports functionality.

mantis 0.4.2 (2025-07-28)

Lightweight initial CRAN submission. Only includes standard (non-bespoke) reports.

Breaking changes

• New file parameter in mantis_report() replaces save_directory and save_filename (#24)
• New add_timestamp parameter in mantis_report() adds a timestamp to the supplied file name (#24)

Bug fixes and minor improvements

• Timestamps added to filenames are now formatted correctly on linux
• Intermediate files that are generated while creating a report are now created in tempdir() instead of the working directory where possible (#24)

mantis 0.3.0

Breaking changes

• timepoint_unit parameter of inputspec() replaces period

mantis 0.2.0

Breaking changes

• inputspec() object now takes a item_cols parameter, allowing more than one column in the df to define individual time series, and must include the column being used for tabs (if any).
• New alertspec() object adds additional output options and wraps alert_rules() where relevant
• Alert results now appear in an additional tab for all types of outputspec
• items parameter of alert rules now takes a named list of items
• item_labels parameter of outputspec_interactive() replaces item_label and now takes a named vector of labels
• item_order parameter of outputspec() now takes a named list of items, and allows ordering of tabs
• bespoke_rmd_output() replaces bespoke_rmd_tab_group() and bespoke_rmd_tab_item()
• New bespoke_rmd_alert_results() function creates a table containing the alert results for bespoke reports

Bug fixes and minor improvements

• example_prescription_numbers dataset now has additional data

mantis 0.1.2

Pre-release. Expect breaking changes to functions in the future.

Complete list of functions exported:

• alert_above()
• alert_below()
• alert_custom()
• alert_difference_above_perc()
• alert_difference_below_perc()
• alert_equals()
• alert_missing()
• alert_rules()
• bespoke_rmd_initialise_widgets()
• bespoke_rmd_tab_group()
• bespoke_rmd_tab_item()
• inputspec()
• mantis_alerts()
• mantis_report()
• outputspec_interactive()
• outputspec_static_heatmap()
• outputspec_static_multipanel()