Hi, Community! Here is the digest of the best questions on InterSystems Data Platform in 2017. In 2017 [1,158 questions](https://analytics.community.intersystems.com/dswpub/index.html#!/d/Public/Questions2017.dashboard?ns=COMMUNITY&embed=1)  and here are Top 20 on most viewed, most voted and most commented. **Most viewed** [WebSockets vs Long Polling vs Short Polling?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/428626), by [Sean Connelly](https://community.intersystems.com/user/55176)  2639 [GitLab CI examples?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/424091), by [Eduard Lebedyuk](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11041)  2172 [WebMethod - Issue with encoding (special character)](https://community.intersystems.com/node/424596), by [Murillo Braga](https://community.intersystems.com/user/50416)  755 [SHA256 Signing with RSA PSS padding](https://community.intersystems.com/node/433881), by [Stefan Cronje](https://community.intersystems.com/user/54591)  752 [New Programming Language - Discussion](https://community.intersystems.com/node/437286), by [Maks Atygaev](https://community.intersystems.com/user/46206)  672 [Managing UTF-8 characters on the database with a REST application](https://community.intersystems.com/node/430166), by [Amir Samary](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11006)  602 [Decoding Base64 PDF File](https://community.intersystems.com/node/431936), by [John Flippance](https://community.intersystems.com/user/13096)  519 [ERROR #822: Access Denied](https://community.intersystems.com/node/424021), by [Natasa Klenovsek Arh](https://community.intersystems.com/user/48856)  506 [Convert to JSON string](https://community.intersystems.com/node/427141), by [Bapu Hirave](https://community.intersystems.com/user/31746)  501 [XML to Json conversion](https://community.intersystems.com/node/427681), by [Yuriy Borokhov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/12291)  497 [Authentication with REST](https://community.intersystems.com/node/428121), by [Pasi Leino](https://community.intersystems.com/user/13381)  496 [Notepad++ Language Pack for COS?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/425386), by [Benjamin Schlanger](https://community.intersystems.com/user/44521)  467 [Cache DB in Docker Container](https://community.intersystems.com/node/423981), by [Natasa Klenovsek Arh](https://community.intersystems.com/user/48856)  448 [Globals vs Locals: What Is Faster?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/431551), by [Evgeny Shvarov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11016)  441 [Configuring IIS Web Server to Serve RESTful Web Services](https://community.intersystems.com/node/424716), by [Kenneth Poindexter](https://community.intersystems.com/user/10111)  432 [ERROR #5002: Cache error in Ensemble Soap Service](https://community.intersystems.com/node/430751), by [Tom Philippi](https://community.intersystems.com/user/52311)  426 [Output 9876543210 without using numbers](https://community.intersystems.com/node/432061), by [Eduard Lebedyuk](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11041)  426 [SQL with 2 columns in where condition](https://community.intersystems.com/node/424661), by [Natasa Klenovsek Arh](https://community.intersystems.com/user/48856)  425 [Scripted/Automated Production Deployment?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/424956), by [Greg Arnold](https://community.intersystems.com/user/46596)  422 [SQL or Cache Function?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/441916), by [Roger Beeman](https://community.intersystems.com/user/53586)  421 **Top 20 Most voted** [? Where/How can we touch IRIS ?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/437201), by [Robert Cemper](https://community.intersystems.com/user/69016)  7 [Globals vs Locals: What Is Faster?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/431551), by [Evgeny Shvarov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11016)  4 [Output 9876543210 without using numbers](https://community.intersystems.com/node/432061), by [Eduard Lebedyuk](https://community.intersystems.com/user/11041)  4 [New keys for Field Test?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/423641), by [John Murray](https://community.intersystems.com/user/14096)  3 [Cache annotations mini-framework](https://community.intersystems.com/node/424441), by [Marc Alcala](https://community.intersystems.com/user/22916)  3 [Certifications and Practice questions](https://community.intersystems.com/node/425311), by [Duncan Priest](https://community.intersystems.com/user/35666)  3 [%Installer Manifest: How to ignore several kinds of compilation errors?](https://community.intersystems.com/node/427276), by [Alexey Maslov](https://community.intersystems.com/user/16476)  3Calling list.FindOref( )</a>, by Alex Kogan  3</p>

Atelier (Eclipse) Master Password?, by Mike Kadow  3

Get class property position in storage $lb, by Eduard Lebedyuk  3

Documentation on how Cache Studio, and Atelier locks their Routine or Class file, by Mike Kadow  3

NYC Tri-State Regional Group, by George Cornejo  2

Authentication with REST, by Pasi Leino  2

Eclipse SQL Client Plug-In for Caché?, by Jean Millette  2

dataGrdid in ZEN, by Philip McClean  2

WebTerminal Over Telnet Is Possible. Should It Born? (v5) Open Discussion., by Nikita Savchenko  2

Can you crack the Black Box?, by Eduard Lebedyuk  2

InterSystems Caché Project Files and Folders, by Evgeny Shvarov  2

Need clarification on usage of globals and global memory, by Mack Altman III  2 

COS extension for Microsoft Visual Studio Code, by Sergio Martinez 2

Top 20 Most commented

Runtime type detection, by Sean Connelly  32

Is Caché SQL essential to Caché Objects?, by Mike Kadow  29

Need variable number of query parameters in dynamic query, by Laura Cavanaugh  29

WebTerminal Over Telnet Is Possible. Should It Born? (v5) Open Discussion., by Nikita Savchenko  26

Escape comma in dataCombo columnHeaders value, by Ruslan K  26

How to find duplicates for a large text field in Caché Objects?, by Evgeny Shvarov  26

How do I get a list of files in directory including subdirectories?, by Eduard Lebedyuk  25

how to release memory for process?, by wx fg  24

Output 9876543210 without using numbers, by Eduard Lebedyuk  23

Storage Schema in VCS: to Store Or Not to Store?, by Evgeny Shvarov  20

Check if class exists, by Ruslan K  20

Copy of base method in derived class tricks debugger, by Arto Alatalo  19

Is it possible to change GUID of an instance?, by Raghuram Devarakonda  19

Internationalization Questions, by Sean Connelly  19

Ways and methods of Accessing Relationships with SQL, by Mike Kadow  19

Your Workflow: Issue Tracking, Version Control etc., by Sebastian Mueller  19

%Status vs Other Return Values in Caché ObjectScript Methods, by Evgeny Shvarov  17

WebMethod - Issue with encoding (special character), by Murillo Braga  16

Cache annotations mini-framework, by Marc Alcala  15

WebSockets vs Long Polling vs Short Polling?, by Sean Connelly  15

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