NEWS.md
In Sage-Bionetworks/dccvalidator: Metadata Validation for Data Coordinating Centers

dccvalidator v0.4.0

Add check_complete_ids() and samples_table configuration option
Fix bug in Data Summary information boxes to not count NA
check_all() now checks the biospecimen metadata for ages over 90 in the samplingAge column
Results boxes now contain explanations of their contents
The wording of some check results has been updated and, hopefully, clarified
Add next step message if all validated files have no failures
Add reset buttons to documentation and validation sections
All tooltips now pop-up with hover instead of clicking
Add hover tooltips to all fileInputs
Fix bug in behavior for check_ages_over_90() and check_parent_syn()
Remove progress bars for file input boxes
Add script and functions for updating metadata template dictionary sheets.
Update to check_value(): For keys with enumerated values, parse comma-separated and json-style strings and check all values within against allowed values
Add customization options for app's study documentation tab, including necessary updates to config.yml
Minor fixes to update-metadata-template-dictionaries.R script
Update to allow for logging in with authToken
Add ability to change to staging endpoints based on config.yml production setting
check_annotation_keys() and check_annotation_values() have renamed arguments from whitelist_keys/whitelist_values to allowlist_keys/allowlist_values
Add ability to log in with Synapse OAuth client
Add ability for check_col_names() (via get_template()) to pull full set of metadata keys from a simple (i.e. has "properties") registered Synapse JSON schema; includes update to get_template() parameters, allowing for backwards compatibility with synID and additional functionality with id.
check_all() now expects the template ids to be included in data; if not included, will skip the check for missing column names
Added get_metadataType_indices() and gather_template_ids()
Add ability to specify biospecimen templates based on type
Fixed logic for resetting biospecimen type UI
Fixed typo in check_all() that led to manifests being checked against assay templates
Add check_invalid_characters() and include in validator_server() to block upload and validation
Can now read schemas from files and URLs in addition to registered synapse schemas.

dccvalidator v0.3.0

Add check_parent_syn()
Add modal message if sessionToken is invalid
Add check_ages_over_90()
Add check_duplicate_paths()
Update can_coerce() to be TRUE for any data type needing to be coerced to character