jsonforms-renderers(spreadsheet)!: persist SpreadsheetControl's sheet as records when a header is configured

[sthanikan2000]

Summary

Extends SpreadsheetControl's existing columnHeader/rowHeader flags — previously purely cosmetic, only affecting the preview table's labels — to also drive what gets persisted as sheet:

• columnHeader: true: each data row becomes one record, keyed by row 1's values — the standard "array of objects" case ([{ "Item": "Widget", "Qty": 10 }, ...]).
• rowHeader: true (columnHeader not also set): transposed — each other column becomes one record, keyed by column A's values (a "wide"/pivot-style sheet, where each column represents an entity).
• Neither set: unchanged, sheet stays the raw matrix.
• Both set: rejected outright — shapeSheet throws, and SpreadsheetControl shows a friendly inline config error instead of rendering. Each orientation is independently meaningful in real usage, so there's no safe default to silently pick.

Breaking change for any schema that already sets columnHeader or rowHeader: their persisted sheet shape changes from a raw matrix to records. Schemas that leave both unset are unaffected.

x-evaluate formula evaluation is completely unaffected — formulas still run against the original, unshaped matrix via A1 addressing; shaping is a separate, additive step applied only when building the persisted value, strictly after derivations are computed. Shape is told apart at read time via Array.isArray(sheet[0]) (exported as isRecordsSheet), not a stored discriminant field.

Also cleans up the preview table itself once exactly one flag is set: the fallback label on whichever axis isn't the configured header (A/B/C column letters, 1/2/3 row numbers) is now suppressed instead of shown, since that axis is a record key rather than plain data. When rowHeader alone is set this leaves the whole column-header row blank, so it's dropped entirely, and the row-label column instead gets a bold/tinted look so it still reads clearly as labels.

Commits

1. shapeSheet/isRecordsSheet in utils/spreadsheet/process.ts, wired into processMatrix — 22 new unit tests covering both orientations, ragged rows, blank/duplicate headers, non-string header stringification, and the both-true throw.
2. SpreadsheetControl.tsx: passes columnHeader/rowHeader through to processMatrix, adds a second small rendering branch for a records-shaped persisted value (a fresh upload this session always renders via the existing matrix branch — only a reload, reading the persisted value back with no in-memory matrix, hits the new branch), and the early config-validation guard.
3. New docs/spreadsheet-value-shape.md documenting both shapes, the both-true restriction, duplicate-key handling, and the detection convention.
4. Dev fixtures: new Spreadsheet (rowHeader records) fixture (generic quarterly-metrics sample) — no existing fixture reached the rowHeader-alone path before this. Computed Control (with Spreadsheet) updated from columnHeader: true, rowHeader: true (now rejected) to columnHeader: true only.
5. Preview-table polish: suppress the opposite axis's fallback label once one flag is set, and drop the now-fully-blank column-header row (with styled row labels instead) when rowHeader alone is set.

Test plan

• pnpm type-check and pnpm test pass (198 tests: 22 new in process.records.test.ts, all else unchanged)
• pnpm run format:check passes
• Manually verified end-to-end in the dev playground (Playwright-driven): columnHeader → per-row records with estimated_total still computing correctly; rowHeader alone → transposed per-column records with the correct derivation; original spreadsheet fixture (both flags off) → zero behavior change across all 19 derivations; both flags true → friendly inline error, no crash
• Specifically isolated the new records-rendering branch (as opposed to the pre-existing cosmetic column-header labeling, which looks similar) by seeding a fixture with pre-persisted records data and loading it fresh with no upload/local matrix — rendered correctly from the persisted value alone
• Screenshotted the preview-table cleanup for rowHeader-only (no blank header row, styled row labels) and confirmed both columnHeader-only and neither-flag rendering are visually unchanged

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Spreadsheet data can now be persisted as column-based or transposed row-based records.
  • Spreadsheet previews automatically adapt to persisted record formats, including header labels and row-header styling.
  • Blank, duplicate, and missing headers are handled consistently, with missing values preserved.
  • Configurations using both row and column headers are rejected.

• Documentation

  • Added guidance covering persisted spreadsheet shapes, header options, and formula behavior.
  • Added a quarterly metrics sample for testing row-header spreadsheets.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for record shaping, edge cases, and backward-compatible matrix persistence.

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Spreadsheet persistence now supports matrix-shaped and record-shaped sheets. Header options control column or row record shaping, while formula evaluation uses the original matrix. SpreadsheetControl renders both persisted shapes and validates conflicting options. Tests, documentation, and playground fixtures cover the behavior.

Changes

Spreadsheet record persistence

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Sheet shape contracts and processing packages/jsonforms-renderers/src/utils/spreadsheet/types.ts, packages/jsonforms-renderers/src/utils/spreadsheet/process.ts, packages/jsonforms-renderers/src/utils/spreadsheet/index.ts	Adds SheetData, header-driven shapeSheet, isRecordsSheet, and shaped persistence through processMatrix.
Shaping and persistence validation packages/jsonforms-renderers/src/utils/spreadsheet/process.records.test.ts	Tests column-header and row-header records, edge cases, shape detection, formula derivation, disabled persistence, and matrix compatibility.
Upload and preview integration packages/jsonforms-renderers/src/renderers/SpreadsheetControl.tsx	Passes header options into processing, detects persisted record sheets, rejects conflicting options, and renders matrix or record previews.
Playground fixtures and shape documentation packages/jsonforms-renderers/dev/fixtures.ts, packages/jsonforms-renderers/dev/sample-files/generate-quarterly-metrics-sample.cjs, packages/jsonforms-renderers/docs/spreadsheet-formulas.md, packages/jsonforms-renderers/docs/spreadsheet-value-shape.md	Adds row-header examples, a quarterly metrics workbook generator, and documentation for persisted sheet shapes.

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Record-shaped spreadsheet persistence can lose special header fields or generate different keys across time zones. These persistence issues should be fixed before merge; the contradictory configuration guidance should also be corrected.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SpreadsheetUpload
  participant SpreadsheetControl
  participant processMatrix
  participant PersistedSheet
  SpreadsheetUpload->>SpreadsheetControl: provide uploaded matrix
  SpreadsheetControl->>processMatrix: pass matrix and header options
  processMatrix->>PersistedSheet: persist shaped records or matrix
  PersistedSheet-->>SpreadsheetControl: return persisted sheet data
  SpreadsheetControl->>SpreadsheetControl: detect shape and render preview

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Please check: rowsToRecords and columnsToRecords build each record as a plain {}. A header (or column-A) cell of "proto" is therefore not stored as an enumerable own property: the inherited setter intercepts the write, Object.keys/JSON.stringify omit the field, and that column silently disappears from every persisted record.

This is the same bug already fixed for the derivations map on #32 (Object.create(null) plus a regression test). It is worse here because record keys come from the uploaded file, not from schema-author-controlled x-evaluate ids. SpreadsheetControl.processFile also has no try/catch around processMatrix after parse succeeds, so any future throw from shaping leaves status stuck on "parsing" with localMatrix already set.

Suggested fix:

• In both rowsToRecords and columnsToRecords, create each record with Object.create(null), matching processMatrix's derivations accumulator.
• Add a regression test that a columnHeader (and a rowHeader) value of "proto" is an own enumerable key, appears in Object.keys, and survives JSON round-trip.
• Catch errors from processMatrix in processFile, set status to "error", and show the existing inline error text, the same way parse failures are handled

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/jsonforms-renderers/docs/spreadsheet-value-shape.md`:
- Line 24: Update the documentation statement about columnHeader and rowHeader
so it says a schema author must choose exactly one flag when both are enabled,
and remove the parenthetical describing their continued combined use in the
preview table.

In `@packages/jsonforms-renderers/src/utils/spreadsheet/process.ts`:
- Line 58: Update both rowsToRecords and columnsToRecords to store
header-derived keys as safe own properties, including __proto__, by using
null-prototype records or Object.defineProperty; add regression cases covering
both shaping modes.
- Line 56: Update both header-key conversions in process.ts at lines 56 and 72
to serialize Date cells with toISOString() instead of String(cell), while
preserving null and empty-string handling and existing conversion for other
values. Add a regression test using a fixed Date instant to verify identical
record keys across time zones.

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[sthanikan2000]

@ginaxu1 Both fixed.

1. `rowsToRecords`/`columnsToRecords` now build each record with `Object.create(null)` instead of `{}`, matching the fix already applied to `processMatrix`'s `derivations` accumulator in jsonforms-renderers(spreadsheet)!: require id on formula config/result entries, persist derivations as an id-keyed map #32 — a header (or column-A) value of `"proto"` is now a real, enumerable own key instead of silently changing the record's prototype. Added regression tests for both `columnHeader` and `rowHeader` asserting `hasOwnProperty`, `Object.keys`, and a JSON round-trip all see it, plus verified manually end-to-end (seeded a persisted record with that key and confirmed it renders correctly in the preview table).
2. `processFile` now wraps the `processMatrix` call in a try/catch, mirroring the existing one around `parseWorkbookToMatrix` — a throw now sets `status: 'error'` with a visible message instead of getting stuck on "Parsing spreadsheet…" forever. Verified by temporarily forcing `processMatrix` to throw and confirming the UI recovers correctly (reverted afterward, not part of the actual diff).

Also fixed CodeRabbit's independently-found version of the same `proto` issue, plus the `Date`-header-key locale/timezone bug and the stale doc parenthetical — replied on those threads directly.