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As part of our 10th anniversary celebration, we invite you to take part in a discussion reflecting on your experience with the InterSystems Developer Community.

Over the past decade, thousands of members have shaped this space through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and meaningful connections — and your voice is an integral part of that history.

We encourage you to join the conversation and share your story. In the comments, please tell us:

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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 relea

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I'm pleased to announce the publication of gj :: dataLoader, a new VS Code extension that simplifies the task of loading data from local CSV files into SQL tables on your InterSystems IRIS servers.

Here's an introductory video:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/XohVoW5rSy4
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Hello Community,

Great news for developers who have just started working with InterSystems IRIS! We have hands‑on interactive tutorials available via the Instruqt platform! These are perfect for getting up to speed quickly, playing in real environments, and building confidence with IRIS‑based development.

Here is the list of available tutorials:

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In this article, we will discuss all the debugging tools included in the Microsoft Visual Studio Code IDE.

What will be covered:

  • Breakpoints
  • Watch window
  • Call Stack

Let's start by learning about debugging requirements!

Prerequisites

There are two plugins (extensions) for debugging ObjectScript:

The first is part of the InterSystems ObjectScript Extension Pack. The second is Serenji, a standalone plugin that provides an editor, file manager, and debugging functionality. Both plugins can be installed from the plugin store. To activate key functionality, Serenji requires a license. For this article, we'll use the InterSystems ObjectScript Extension Pack to reduce the learning curve. After you've mastered the basics, you can consider purchasing a paid license for Serenji.

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I am trying to add some validation to an existing Record Map, because recently we had some wrong data get consumed into the System and is causing all kinds of havoc.

Using the AI on the Developer community it suggested that I use PATTERN within the Datatype Parameters to force some validation on some fields. I have never used PATTERN before...

When I go to generate the updated Record Map, I am getting the following...

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Project Overview / Introduction

Developing and testing REST APIs in InterSystems IRIS often requires a significant amount of boilerplate code. While ObjectScript provides powerful tools for building APIs, writing consistent and repeatable tests can be time‑consuming. This is where IrisOASTestGen comes in.

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Hola amigo! 😊 Cómo estás hoy,

I would like to share a small part of my learnings from my first ever official project: POS/EDC machine integration with our billing system. This was an exciting challenge where I got hands-on experience working with APIs and vendors.

How does a Payment Machine actually work?

It's simple, start by initiating/creating a transaction, then retrieve its payment status.

Here, initiate/create refers to POST method and Retrieve refers to GET.

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In my previous article, I structured network communications
in these 3 possible layers, and covered the last

  • Client <---> Transport
  • Server <---> Transport
  • Client <---> Server

In fact, you have the most control over the last one.
The IRIS side as a server is yours and under your full control.
Up to now, the Transport layer was assumed to be as passive as a bare wire.

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Hi Community!

Black Friday is here and this year, it’s all about discovering the best deals on Global Masters! Complete a short set of fun challenges, learn a few new things and collect extra points along the way.

From November 20 to November 30, join our Black Friday adventure: Find your deal on Global Masters.


🎯 During this period only:

  • All asks which have a black cover will award double points during this period
  • Inviting new Developer Community members through the Referral Program will also give 2× points when the invitee registers on DC.
  • Everyone who completes the Black Friday journey will enter the raffle for a special prize - Prixton 1080P Matisse Mini Projector! 🎁

Don’t miss your chance! The Black Friday hunt ends November 30.

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Hey Developers,

Enjoy the new video on InterSystems Developers YouTube

⏯ Generative AI in InterSystems Data Studio @ READY 2025

https://www.youtube.com/embed/OCGF-5kr4Xs
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Let’s spotlight the brilliant authors and contributors of our November Article Bounty! 💙
Thank you to everyone who took part and shared their knowledge with the community.

A special shout-out goes to those who created brand-new articles and contributed their expertise — each received 5,000 points 🎉

@Zion Amsalem -- "Consuming REST-APIs for dummies (beginner-friendly)"
@Robert Cemper -- "Network Debugging for Beginners - 1"
@Iryna Mykhailova -- "Connecting C# to InterSystems IRIS via ODBC"
@Vachan C Rannore -- "My experience with APIs and POS integration."
@Padmaja Konduru -- "Production Terminal Commands"

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Hi,

We currently have a zen page we created to show all existing tasks and their states (Running or Stopped) as below, is the a way to do the same and create a page where we can list all Business Services of a production, state and to either Stop or restart them?

Thanks

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Hi everyone,
I'm getting prepared to take the following certification exam: "InterSystems IRIS Development Professional".

Can you give some advice on how to prepare (aside from the official course page: https://www.intersystems.com/certifications/intersystems-iris-development-professional/ )?
Do you have examples of quiz questions that simulate the real exam or any material that helped you getting prepared?

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I need to read first six characters from the filename we process in healthconnect, then need to insert these six characters in MSH-6 in the same HL7 message. (please note each file can have multiple HL7 messages with multiple MSH segments)

Is something can be done when first process the file, then insert first characters MSH-6?

Please advice if this is an easy fix.

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· Dec 3 28m read
Security in IRIS

Security is fundamental to enterprise application development. InterSystems IRIS provides a comprehensive security framework that protects data, controls access, and ensures compliance. This guide introduces essential security features for developers new to IRIS, covering authentication, authorization, encryption, and practical implementation strategies.

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Vibe the Module, Not the Data


While working with the FHIR to OMOP Service, I've seen good FHIR synthetic data being created using commercial LLM's etc, custom tailored for ConditionOnset with the typical amazement on return, but witnessed some questionable trust first hand on a call. This approach also falls short generating gigantic payloads so I can go back to my interests on the backend and ensure smooth data transition.

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Now Under Heavy Rotation, Your IrisCluster Secrets

A few days before Kubecon, the external-secrets-operator went GA with 1.0.0 and is set to ride shotgun for Kubernetes Secrets Management and put Vault in the backseat. You can glance at the "Providers" list for the solution and immediatley understand that you can leave the "which Secrets Manager" conversation to others while you do your job utilizing external secrets on your IrisCluster workloads, which by my count with the operator and a single IrisCluster is more than a fistful of secrets of different types, even under a single tenant. So let them sprawl, the secrets managers that is, not the secrets.

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