In our previous article, we explored the basics of unit testing in IRIS and the ways to apply it to a REST API. We even figured out how to test logic before finalizing network configurations and authentication, allowing us to focus solely on testing the API contents. Today, we will build upon that foundation and elevate our unit testing strategy by using another tool: %Populate .

At first glance, the %Populate class appears to be very simple. You can create a class that extends both %Persistent and %Populate and inherit a Populate method designed to generate randomized records.

For those of you that weren't at READY last week, you may have missed the exciting announcement that the Early Access Program for AI Hub is officially open. It was announced during an amazing demo from @Benjamin De Boe and @Jeff Fried, I recommend catching up with this demo when the recording is released!  I had the opportunity to play with AI Hub in advance, and thought I might share an introduction with the community.

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a requirement to generate and export medical reports to PDF using Logi Reports. The core requirement is that each generated PDF must be encrypted (password-protected), and the password needs to be dynamically set to the specific Patient's Date of Birth (DOB).

Currently, the report is populated using a Stored Procedure as its data source.

My questions are:

1. Is there a built-in way or API in Logi Reports to dynamically set the PDF export password using a field returned from my dataset (e.g., taking the Patient_DOB column from the Stored Procedure)?

Hi, Community!

Have you tried using serial objects in InterSystems IRIS? Explore some of the benefits and see how to start using them:

Using Serial Objects for Embedded Data Modeling

Hello everyone,

The Certification Team of InterSystems Learning Services is excited to announce the release of our new InterSystems IRIS SQL Professional exam. It is now available for purchase and scheduling in the InterSystems exam catalog. This exam is geared towards IRIS SQL experts, and it deals with a variety of advanced IRIS SQL topics that you can find in the exam page.

Introduction

Today, coding assistants like Claude, GitHub Copilot and Cursor have transformed the way developers write code. However, these tools are limited by being isolated from the systems and data sources that developers work with daily. This limitation can be overcome through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard designed to connect AI assistants to external data sources and tools in a secure and standardized way.

In this review article, we'll explore the current state-of-the-art regarding the MCP within the InterSystems ecosystem.

Okay… first things first - sorry it took me so long to write this up. There was just too much happening, too many conversations, too many photos, too much travel and honestly… too much excitement to sit down and write right away.

READY 2026 started the way it always does, with that unique mix of anticipation and energy in the room. Look at these excited faces! 

@Gabriel Ing, @Mariam Makhmutova, @Olga Zavrazhnova, @Dean Andrews, @Anastasia Dyubaylo, @Iryna Mykhailova 

(Let's be honest, this was the end, and everyone was happy that we survived 😁)

Hey Community!

We're happy to share the next video in the "Code to Care" series on our InterSystems Developers YouTube:

⏯ The First Tool Call: The Hack That Sparked Agentic AI

Hi,

I'm trying to run an SQL against Backup.Task table.

There is this class:

Class Backup.Task

documented here:

Hi Guys,

I've the below code to build JSON and send it via httpRequest called from business Operation.

But I'm getting this error, which I'm guessing that the formulated JSON doesn't have the correct format, so I was looking to convert the JSONStream to JSON string and try to validate it so see where the JSON is broken, problem is that I'm expecting that there will thousands of records in this JSON so it will hard to go through it, so is there a way to track for error or why this JSON is failing to send    

Thanks

How can I remove UNIQUE NOT NULL from an existing column via DDL?

I currently have a table in production that was originally created via DDL, where the column was defined as UNIQUE NOT NULL:

CREATE TABLE database.Books ( ID %Library.UniqueIdentifier PRIMARY KEY, TagExternal VARCHAR('') UNIQUE NOT NULL,  

I now need to change this column so that it is no longer UNIQUE and no longer NOT NULL, making it equivalent to:

TagExternal VARCHAR(''),

As promised, here comes the second part.

But before I begin, here's the view from my hotel window in Boston, where I went before the READY. And a grand building on the right is the office of InterSystems. Not bad, ha?

Anyway, after getting some sleep after the Demos and Drinks the day before, we were back at it the next day, which started with more keynotes.

Was wondering if anyone had a Dynamic way to see if a Global is still being used by a Class File. 

We have been monitoring our Global Size recently, and I am trying to find problematic Class files that are not being cleaned up or used appropriately. I have come across some globals that do not seem to have a Class attached to them anymore, and instead of deleting globals 1 by 1, I was looking for a way that we could dynamically do this since the globals have data that is stale in them.

Thanks

Scott

Hi! 
We are working on containerizing our IRIS product. We want to extract the message log that is shown in the terminal, but if possible, we want to format the output as JSON and include some extra fields from the instance to enhance our monitoring. Is this possible?
Any guide or example about it?
Thanks!

I have a question around mapping between different datasets during the HL7 -> SDA3 -> FHIR transformation.

We have a FHIR server which uses the standard ISC HL7->SDA3->FHIR conversion when ingesting HL7 messages. There is the odd requirement to enrich FHIR data from the original HL7 message. due to site specific HL7. Our approach is to extend HS.Gateway.HL7.HL7ToSDA3 with a custom GetSDA method that includes the original HL7 Message ID via CustomPairs.

Abstract

Solar irradiance forecasting is critical for grid stability in photovoltaic (PV) power plants. This article replicates and extends the methodology of Lara-Benítez et al. (2023) "Short-term solar irradiance forecasting in streaming with deep learning" replacing the original offline simulation with a fully operational streaming pipeline built on InterSystems IRIS. We leverage IRIS Interoperability Productions as the streaming backbone, Embedded Python to run MLP, LSTM, and CNN deep learning models, and IntegratedML as an AutoML baseline.

This article introduces SHAP explainability methods as an approach to understand the reasons behind predictions in machine learning black-box models. It also includes a simple Jupyter notebook that you can use and modify to gain hands-on experience with these concepts:

https://www.kaggle.com/code/jorgeivnjh/explainability-in-ml-models

https://github.com/JorgeIvanJH/Explainability-in-ML-models

We will leverage these concepts for a future implementation in our Continuous Training Pipeline: https://community.intersystems.com/post/complementing-iris-mlflow-continuous-training-ct-pipeline

Hey Community,

Round 1 of the Community Bounty Program "Idea to Application" is officially open. Three ideas from the Ideas Portal are ready to be implemented — pick one or more, build it, publish it on Open Exchange, and earn Global Masters points. 

🏅Every qualifying submission earns a Credly badge, Global Masters badge, and 10k+ points. Implement all ideas this round and unlock Tier 2 rewards.

Hi Guys,

I've the following code:

and I would like to convert the resulting json from JSONStream to JSON string?
thanks  

As an experiment in agentic coding in ObjectScript I'm using VS Code to try and create an implementation of an SFTP server.

SFTP is built on top of SSH, so the first phase involves implementing an SSH server. While working on the KEX part of that the agent (using GPT-5.3-Codex) reported:

1. IRIS has what we already need for signing and hashing: RSASHASign, RSASHAVerify, RSAGetLastError, SHAHash, SHA1Hash, SHA3Hash.
2. It does not list a Diffie-Hellman key exchange or modular exponentiation API in %SYSTEM.Encryption.

It then offered these options:

1. Keep using IRIS APIs for cert/key/sign/hash.

Below is an update to the IRIS release calendar for 2026 and an early look at the planned changes for 2027. The key takeaway for 2026 is that maintenance release numbering will differ slightly from prior years.

2026: IRIS 2026.1 maintenance release numbering

• July 2026: first maintenance release for IRIS 2026.1 (planned version: 2026.1.4)
• October 2026: next maintenance release (planned version: 2026.1.5)
• February 2027: following maintenance release (planned version: 2026.1.6)

This numbering change prepares us for the expanded maintenance cadence planned for 2027.

Hey Community!

We know not everyone could join our live stream from the READY 2026, so we’re happy to share that you can now watch our session online.

👉 Streamlining Development Workflow with InterSystems Developer Community and Ecosystem

I am working on setting up OAUTH with FHIR and Microsoft Entra.  I have configured the Client and configured it in the FHIR Server successfully. However, I get 401 when authenticating with a token.   Looking at ^ISCLOG I see:
^ISCLOG("Data",9,0)="accessToken=<jwt token>, scope=, aud="
^ISCLOG("Data",10)=$lb(3,"OAuth2","[OAuth2.ServerDefinition:ValidateJWT]","171430","%SYS","2026-04-28 17:41:25.305549397","OAuth2.ServerDefinition.1","","zwKKakZZZx2")
^ISCLOG("Data",10,0)="JWT valid? sc=1"
^ISCLOG("Data",11)=$lb(3,"HSFHIRServer","[HS.FHIRServer.

In v2026.2 (currently available as a Developer Preview), we are adding a feature that can help in a FHIR Endpoint SMART/OAuth authorization - more out-of-the-box flexibility in audience value validation.

We have a large, existing production taking a feed from a single up-stream system and sending to a wide-variety of downstream systems. One of the downstream systems has been decommissioned, and we have deleted the classes that implemented the routing/transformations from the namespace, and deleted the components from the production (Wardview and WV Out in the diagram below). We now want to delete the messages associated with those components without deleting the messages associated with any other components.

READY 2026 has come to an end and we’re sure it brought a lot of great moments along the way 🚀 🚀

What stood out to you the most?

It could be a session, a conversation, an idea or just a moment that made you think “this is why I came”.

Share your experience in a few lines 👇

We’d love to hear what you’ve discovered and feel free to explore other replies and like the ones you relate to 💙