Tabs, Batch Processing and 2D data slicing and processing for pr #1390

Job	Run time
Generate test matrix	10s
Test (ubuntu-20.04, 3.11)	2m 53s
Test (ubuntu-20.04, 3.9)	2m 47s
Test (ubuntu-20.04, 3.10)	2m 19s
Test (windows-latest, 3.11)	7m 16s
Test (windows-latest, 3.9)	6m 18s
Test (windows-latest, 3.10)	5m 38s
Test (macos-latest, 3.11)	2m 58s
Test (macos-latest, 3.9)	3m 55s
Test (macos-latest, 3.10)	3m 0s
Test (ubuntu-latest, 3.11)	2m 29s
Test (ubuntu-latest, 3.9)	2m 17s
Test (ubuntu-latest, 3.10)	2m 21s
Installer (ubuntu-20.04, 3.11)	14m 47s
Installer (windows-latest, 3.11)	24m 39s
Installer (macos-latest, 3.11)	36m 12s
Test installer (windows-latest, 3.11)	2m 8s
Test installer (ubuntu-20.04, 3.11)	1m 48s
	2h 3m 55s

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