NEWS

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panelbuild 0.1.0 (2026-07-03)

Initial CRAN release

New features

• Initial release of panelbuild, a package for auditing, validating, and preparing panel datasets.
• Added audit_panel() to summarize panel structure, balance, missing unit-time cells, and duplicate unit-time cells.
• Added audit_report() to generate a concise, human-readable audit report with recommended next steps.
• Added panel_gaps() and gap_summary() to identify and summarize missing unit-time cells.
• Added panel_duplicates() and duplicate_summary() to identify and summarize duplicate unit-time cells.
• Added flag_panel_issues() to create row-level audit flags without modifying the original data.
• Added complete_panel() to construct a complete unit-time panel while preserving an explicit audit trail.
• Added helper functions audit_summary(), missing_cells(), and duplicate_cells() for working with audit objects.
• Included the example_panel dataset for documentation, examples, and testing.
• Added a getting-started vignette, comprehensive function documentation, unit tests, and a pkgdown website.