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Currently have an extension of the ..lookup function as a custom version of the lookup. Is there any easy way to get it to display it as a list of the lookup tables
ClassMethod LookupV3(table As %String = "",
and the one i'm trying with
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If you have ever dug through a large IRIS namespace looking for where a particular string, method call, or pattern was used, you know the pain: there was no built-in way to do a grep-style search across your server-side ObjectScript code from VS Code — at least not without jumping through some hoops.
That is what ObjectScript Search fixes.
Try it today with a simple install from the VS Code Marketplace. If you don't like it, uninstalling is just as easy. But I think you will like it — it is a huge quality-of-life improvement for anyone doing ObjectScript development in VS Code.
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Working with files often starts off simple. open the file, read, and process. That approach works perfectly well, until the file happens to be an Excel file.
A Common Assumption
At first, an Excel file (.xlsx) looks like just another data file, rows, columns and values. nothing unusual. So it's natural to assume it can be read the same way as a .txt ot .csv file. But that's where things start to break.
Why Excel files behave differently
The key difference is how the data is stored:
-> .txt / .csv - plain text, line-by-line.
-> .
Hi Community,
Preparing for InterSystems Certification exams requires more than reading documentation. It calls for focused practice aligned with real exam objectives.If you are planning to validate your expertise in HL7, SQL, System Administration, or Development, structured preparation can make a significant difference.
The platform offers a large pool of practice questions mapped to certification domains, along with detailed answer explanations that point back to relevant documentation.
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Hello,
I am receiving the following message structure on Ensemble from a lab machine, and it is still being processed. I am using the ASTM format with the EnsLib.EDI.ASTM.Service.TCPService service. I have reviewed multiple ASTM messages and verified the schema structure. Logs are not showing any error or TCP connection is not disconnecting. I am not able to understand why am I receiving this. Please let me know if any additional details are required.
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Hi Community,
Enjoy the new video on InterSystems Developers YouTube:
⏯ Data on the Move - Securing InterSystems IRIS Connections with TLS @ Ready 2025
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If you have long-running messages here's a simple code to catch them. You can also use Queue Wait Alert to get the same results, although this code will catch even a single active message with an empty queue. It also scans all namespaces with no production modification, so it can be used for debugging.
Include Ensemble
Class User.LongMessagesTask Extends %SYS.Task.RabbitMQ is a message broker that allows producers (those who send a data message) and consumers (those who receive a data message) to establish asynchronous, real-time, and high-performance massive data flows. RabbitMQ supports AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol), an open standard application layer protocol.
The main reasons to employ RabbitMQ include the following:
- You can improve the performance of the applications using an asynchronous approach.
- It lets you decouple and reduce dependencies between services, microservices, and applications with the help of a data message mediator, meaning that there is no need for producers and consumers of exchanged data to know each other.
- It allows the long-running processing of sent data (with the results) to be delivered after utilizing a response queue.
- It helps you migrate from monolithic to microservices, where microservices exchange data via Rabbit in a decoupled and asynchronous way.
- It offers reliability and resilience by making it possible for messages to be stored and forwarded. A message can be delivered multiple times until it is processed.
- Message queueing is the key to scaling your application. As the workload increases, you will only have to add more workers to handle the queues faster.
- It works well with data streaming applications.
- It is beneficial for IoT applications.
- It is a must for Bots’ communication.
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Hi everyone,
I need to connect to an SFTP server from InterSystems IRIS 2024, but the connection must go through a proxy.
I couldn’t find any built-in support for SFTP with proxy in IRIS/Ensemble.
What would be the recommended approach in this case?
is there any native or supported way to handle SFTP + proxy?
Any examples or best practices would be appreciated. Thanks!
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My team is trying to decide on the best Git strategy for a group of related but separate projects/environments.
One side prefers one repo per project/environment/namespace for cleaner separation. The other side prefers one repo with multiple project folders so shared code and releases are easier to manage in one place.
The challenge is that these projects are separate enough that boundaries matter but related enough that some utilities and common logic may need to be reused. We also want the setup to be easy for developers to understand and not become a deployment nightmare later.
Despite the fact that LOCK (docs) is a foundational part of InterSystems IRIS, responsible for concurrency, there is not a lot of discussion on the Developer Community about it. Which is understandable, considering it's stable and fairly low-level command. In this article, I will show a simple example of how to use locks with interoperability.
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v2026.1 was just released as GA, and one of the features I'm looking forward to using is the DTL Explainer feature.
This allows you to take a Data Transformation, and with a click of a button get a human-readable description of the transformation (which you can also use as the basis for the DTL Description).
For complex DTLs, especially ones you didn't write yourself, or you did but a long time ago, this will allow you to get a clear quick understanding of what it's doing.
It’s no secret that the InterSystems Global Masters program is integrated with Developer Community, Open Exchange, and Ideas Portal. Whenever you contribute to any of these platforms, you automatically earn points and badges on Global Masters.
We’ve created a short guide to help you discover the best ways to earn points on Global Masters:
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Hi, Community!
Find out about the latest UX enhancements in version 2026.1 of InterSystems products!
Building Integrations: A New User Experience (v2026.1)
In this video, Product Manager @Aya Heshmat walks you through:
- Updates to the BPL Editor, Message Viewer, and Visual Trace interfaces
- Improvements to the Production Configuration, DTL Editor, and Rule Editor
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Hi Guys,
I've connected VS Code to my IRIS server and can see projects & web application option but not Classes tab, how can I add it, and with the old Studio we do have the Inspector tab where we can check properties, Storage, methods, are these available in VS code?
also does any changes or new classes created via VS code automatically reflected in my IRIS namespace ?
Thanks
Introduction
The standard %Net.HttpRequest library in InterSystems IRIS is powerful and comprehensive, but it can be verbose for simple operations. Writing an HTTP request often requires several lines of code to instantiate the class, configure the server, the port, HTTPS, add headers, and finally send the request.
When testing in the terminal, this configuration quickly becomes too heavy, and usually ends up with the creation of temporary methods...
FastHTTP
Since our previous announcement, we have introduced several incremental improvements to the client‑side editing experience in VS Code. These updates focus on preserving developer‑authored formatting when synchronizing with the server.
What Changed
Client‑side *.cls files previously lost certain formatting details during compilation, including keyword casing (e.g., classmethod → ClassMethod), normalization of blank lines between class members, and removal of line breaks within parameter lists.
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The 2023.1.7 maintenance releases of InterSystems IRIS® data platform,InterSystems IRIS® for HealthTM, and HealthShare® Health Connect are now Generally Available (GA).
Please share your feedback through the Ideas Portal using the category Post-Release Feedback so we can build a better product together.
Documentation
You can find the detailed change lists & upgrade checklists on these pages:
Early Access Programs (EAPs)
There are many EAPs available now. Check out this page and register to those you are interested.
IrisTest is a light weight, powerful, user-friendly tool designed to simplify unit test report generation. It includes an interactive shell and API to facilitate communication, allowing developers to easily manage and generate reports for their test runs in various formats. Whether you're debugging or creating detailed reports for analysis, IrisTest makes the process smooth and efficient!
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Hi Community,
Enjoy the new video on InterSystems Developers YouTube:
⏯ Ahead of the Threats - The Future of Secure Systems @ Ready 2025
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The 2026.1 release of InterSystems IRIS® data platform, InterSystems IRIS® for HealthTM, and HealthShare® Health Connect is now Generally Available (GA). This is an Extended Maintenance (EM) release.
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The Interoperability user interface project has continued from 2025.1 and has incorporated many of the items that you – our customers and partners – have suggested and observed. We are continuing to invest in feedback and updating this important user experience. In the latest release, 2026.1 for IRIS, IRIS for Health, Health Connect and Health Connect Cloud, the BPL Editor and Message Viewer/Visual Trace applications are now available for opt-in!
NOTE:
- Existing users can switch between the modernized and standard experiences.
If you're building solutions on IRIS and want to use Git, that's great! Just use VSCode with a local git repo and push your changes out to the server - it's that easy.
But what if:
- You're collaborating with other developers on a shared, remote development environment and want to avoid concurrent editing of the same file
- You're using editors based in the management portal for BPL, DTL, pivots, dashboards, etc.
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Hi Guys,
I get a Quit argument not allowed error in an if block how can I fix this?
I thought I knew how to return a Response from a Business Process back to the Source Config Name, but I guess not.
I am working on a Proof of Concept, that the Request Message Class would determine a "Route" within a Business Process to make a FHIR call (search, read) to our External FHIR repository, and return back the HS.FHIR.DTL.vR4.Model.Resource.xxxxxxx as a Response to the Source Config Name.
I have the FHIR part working, however now that I have the data in the form of HS.FHIR.DTL.vR4.Model.Resource.
So I would like to start a production with a service that has an SQL trigger for after and INSERT. Then I would like it to start a process. Could someone help me in the direction of a solution, please and thanks.
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Hi!
We are deploying the iris image in a Kubernetes environment and the cluster state is "Hung" , looking the alerts endpoint we get 2 alerts:
[
{
"time":"2026-03-24T13:45:44.548Z",
"severity":"2",
"message":"System appears to have failed over from node a69a9f137593"
},
{
"time":"2026-03-24T13:46:30.274Z",
"severity":"2",
"message":"Error: <PROTECT>KillAlive+1^%SYS.CDIRECT in SERVERS"
}
]
Any idea / help where those are comming from and how to address them?
