I am looking to create a Python virtual environment (venv) so that my imported/installed python packages can be separate on different namespaces in IRIS. I am able to go and create an environment, activate it, and install packages, but I am not sure how to ensure that Embedded Python methods actually point to this virtual environment. 

Is the best solution to just load the virtual environment at runtime, in each method? That seems like a bad solution. Has anyone run into this and found a good solution?

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Is there a programmatic method or specific property to differentiate system-defined (/csp/altelier , /api/mgmnt and so on)  or user-defined web applications in IRIS?

Thanks!

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I am writing this post primarily to gather an informal consensus on how developers are using Python in conjunction with IRIS, so please respond to the poll at the end of this article! In the body of the article, I'll give some background on each choice provided, as well as the advantages for each, but feel free to skim over it and just respond to the poll.

As most of you are probably aware, Python is currently the most popular programming language among developers around the world - and for good reason.

Hi everyone,

I'm working with JavaScript in InterSystems IRIS, specifically in CSP pages. One issue I'm running into during development is that the browser keeps loading the cached version of my JavaScript files, even after I’ve made changes or recompiled the code.
I would have to clear my cache files or browser history for it to reload and work.

Is there a recommended way or best practice in IRIS to automatically clear or bypass the browser cache for JavaScript?

Hi fellow developers!

Curious if you guys use CreatedAt and LastUpdated properties in your classes?

Created to stamp when the record was created and LastUpdated when it was last updated. Where it can be useful - almost everywhere )) I find it convenient in records sorting (e.g. by creation or last update), in sync (with other systems), and so on, for better analytics.

Do you use it all the time for all the classes?

If don't, why not? What do you use instead?

What property type do you use - %TimeStamp? %DateTime?

What is the best practice to have CreatedAt filled automatically during creation and LastUpdated on every successful save (guess it could be in %OnSave)?

Please share your experience /thoughts?

The below code is not working. its unable retrieve Record count and merge files

Class Util

{

ClassMethod zPyRecordCount(inputfile) As %Integer [ Language = python ]

{

    import pandas as pd

    import iris

    import io

    try:

        df = pd.read_csv(inputfile, sep='|')

        recordcount=len(df.index)

        sys.stdout.write(len(df.index))

        return recordcount

    except Exception as e:

        return 0

}

ClassMethod zPymergefiles(file1, file2, outputfilename) As %Boolean [ Language = python ]

{

    import pandas as pd

    import iris

    import io

    try:

        dataframe1=pd.read_csv(file1,

Is it possible to audit code changes in a namespace?

Ideally what we'd like to be able to do is check which classes were compiled (or deleted) in a time period, eg in last 3 months, and which user made those changes. Even better would be an audit of what those changes were, but that's less important (for us, as we can probably find that information in other ways).

We have a service where 3 groups, each with multiple users, potentially have access to make changes to the live service.

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Hi noble devs!

Just building a simple frontend->JSON->IRIS backend story, and figured that IRIS while importing via %JSON.Adaptor wants JSON fields to match property names, meaning even should match the case. Like:

{ name: "John", 

surname: "Doe"}

will have issues while saving the dynamic object to a class Sample.Person with:

Class Sample.Person Extends (%Persistent, %JSON.Adaptor)

{

Property Name: %Sting;Property Surname: %String;
}

As soon as the case is not the same... 

Is there any setting to fix this?) By fixing I mean I want IRIS to don't care about the case JSON fields, as it

Thank you community for translating an earlier article into Portuguese.
Am returning the favor with a new release of Pattern Match Workbench demo app.

Added support for Portuguese.

The labels, buttons, feedback messages and help-text for user interface are updated.

Pattern Descriptions can be requested for the new language.

The single AI Model for transforming user prompt into Pattern match code was fully retrained.

Values to Pattern Code Model also retrained

The separate AI model for generating Pattern match code from a sample list of values has been retrained.
The previous model release exhibited

Can someone point me to learning resources / documentation for Intersystems Terminal? I have scoured YouTube, Intersystems documentation, and the internet. Many of the Object Script commands I found don't work (and that are listed here) do not work in the version of terminal that I have:

https://docs.intersystems.com/ens201817/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls…

So far, I have only found 1 YouTube video that presented commands that 'actually' work my Cache terminal install:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3lw-2kGY6U&list=PLp4xNHWZ7IQmiSsryS0T3…

I was wondering what best practice was for using macros in Embedded Python, i.e. iris.execute('$$$MACRO()') or something else. Does anyone have insight into this?

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Hello Community,

When handling a %CSP.REST API response for a custom endpoint, how can I capture or access the response content before it is written to the output buffer and sent through the Web Gateway to the UI?

In manually created REST services (for example, with a route like:<Route Url="/test" Method="POST" Call="User.Sample:Test" Cors="true"/> ),
the response is typically written from within any class method in the execution flow.

Is there a way to intercept or log the response content before it is sent to the client?

Thanks!

I'm running the image "containers.intersystems.com/intersystems/irishealth-community:2025.1" as a container on my local Docker desktop.

Now I want to set up an ODBC SQL connection, but I don't know how to do it.

I have tried various ways without success. Like building my own image (see "Dockerfile" description below).

I have also added ODBCINI variable in my docker-compse (see "Docker-compose.yml" description below).

Anyone done this before?

I'd really appreciate some help.

Thanks.

Dockerfile
FROM containers.intersystems.com/intersystems/irishealth-community:2025.1
USER root
RUN apt-get update && \

I have notified that on several servers the IRISTEMP database is reported as only a few GB in size while on the disk where it's located, the IRIS.DAT file is much bigger (eg: 3GB reported in Portal (including free space) while file on the disk file is 121GB). The last modification date of IRIS.DAT is recent so I'm not looking into a location no more in use.

Is there an explanation for that difference in size ? 

I know temporary databases are special in a way they are not always stored on the disk, here is what InterSystems says about it :

Changes to temporary globals are not written to disk.

VSCode version:

Version: 1.101.2 (user setup)
Commit: 2901c5ac6db8a986a5666c3af51ff804d05af0d4
Date: 2025-06-24T20:27:15.391Z
Electron: 35.5.1
ElectronBuildId: 11727614
Chromium: 134.0.6998.205
Node.js: 22.15.1
V8: 13.4.114.21-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

-----------------------
I'm working with a CSP legacy system. 

When a csp file is newer in Caché them my local version, I try to do a compare with the server and receive the error in VSCode

Looking the Windows Log a I see the message:
2025-06-26 10:57:13.054 [error] [Window] {"statusCode":400,"message":"Bad Request","errorText":"ERRO #16006:

Maybe this is well known but wanted to help share.

Consider that you have the following persistent class defintions

An Invoice Class with a property reference to Provider

Class Sample.Invoice Extends (%Persistent, %Populate)
{
Parameter DSTIME = "AUTO";Property InvoiceNumber As%Integer(MINVAL = 100000) [ Required ];Property ServiceDate As%Date(MINVAL = "+$h-730") [ Required ];
Index InvoiceNumber On InvoiceNumber;Property Provider As Sample.Provider [ Required ];
Index Provider On Provider [ Type = bitmap ];/// Build some invoices, this will firstly create 100 Providers///

Reference: Build 2025.1.0.1.24372U.25e14d55

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