QCoDeS/Qcodes: QCoDeS 0.25.0 - April 2021

The April 2021 release of QCoDeS.

• get_data_by_id no longer returns data for standalone parameters if there are no dependent parameters in the dataset. For the same reason plot_by_id and plot_dataset will no longer plot these standalone parameters. (#2918)
• xarray exported data no longer exports extra metadata columns under the extra_metadata tag since the extra dictionary level prevents exporting to netcdf (#2934)

• get_data_by_id and get_shaped_data_by_runid are now deprecated. These functions now all have better alternatives in the build in get_parameter_data as well as Xarray and Pandas exporters. (#2921, #2925)

• SP983c Basel IV amplifier remote control driver (#2707)
• Add support for Keysight 34411A (#2927)
• Added the functionality of getting guids from multiple run ids and directly from database (#2930)
• NumpyJSONEncoder: Add support for the uncertanties' UFloat type (#2933)
• Add conversion between qcodes legacy DataSet and xarray format (#2938)

• plot_dataset: Improved performance by using in memory cache when possible to avoid reloading data from disk (#2918)
• contribution guidelines: remove no longer relevant sections and make the sections on naming somewhat less strict (#2937)
• remove double assignment of dataset variable in example notebook of Performing-measurements-using-qcodes-parameters-and-dataset (#2926)
• Update old driver notebooks (Agilent 34400A) docs (#2377)
• Update link from NI VISA to Keysight IO Libraries Suite on 'Getting Started' Doc (#2948)
• Removed ZI UHFLI notebook (#2893)

• Significant performance improvement in Tektronix5014 driver (#2910)
• AMI430 3D driver: allow instantiating from names of existing AMI430 instances, next to from AMI430 instances only driver (#2949)
• AMI430 3D driver: add docstring, extra test for initializing from AMI430 by name driver (#2951)
• Driver sr830 update: Add ChannelTrace class and related parameter ch{ch}_datatrace which makes buffered acquisition easier.(#2894)

• Log sample_name, exp_name, dataset name when Measurement starts (#2952)
• Move private dataset export functions to their own module (#2904)
• Remove wait time test (#2935)
• fix(logger): Disable conditionally start logging for Sphinx documentation (#2909)
• Name legacy test datasets (#2950)
• use python -m pip to upgrade pip in github actions (#2955)