Merged in DAIP2-2162-fix-mapping-issue-program-product-not-mapping-to-lob (pull request #914)

DAIP2-2162 fix mapping issue program product not mapping to lob

* fixed empty LOB

* adding program-lob mapping when there is no client

* code cleanup

* code change refactored

* code change refactored

* additional test case removed

* pipeline error fixed


Approved-by: Katon Minhas

src/utils/string_utils.py

@@ -463,6 +463,21 @@ def is_empty(value: str | list | pd.Series, pd_mask: bool = True) -> bool | pd.S
         if not value or value.isspace():
             return True
         lower_stripped = value.lower().strip()
+
+        # Treat serialized placeholder-only lists such as ['N/A'], ["N/A"], or [] as empty.
+        if lower_stripped.startswith("[") and lower_stripped.endswith("]"):
+            parsed_value = None
+            try:
+                parsed_value = json.loads(value)
+            except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError, ValueError):
+                try:
+                    parsed_value = ast.literal_eval(value)
+                except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
+                    parsed_value = None
+
+            if isinstance(parsed_value, list):
+                return not parsed_value or all(is_empty(item) for item in parsed_value)
+
         if lower_stripped in [
             "n/a",
             "na",