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InterSystems IRIS for Health™ is the world’s first and only data platform engineered specifically for the rapid development of healthcare applications to manage the world’s most critical data. It includes powerful out-of-the-box features: transaction processing and analytics, an extensible healthcare data model, FHIR-based solution development, support for healthcare interoperability standards, and more. All enabling developers to realize value and build breakthrough applications, fast. Learn more.

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Article Iryna Mykhailova · 21 hr ago 3m read

Embedded Python programming with Claude Code: A bit of a trap

Claude Code has a strong understanding of IRIS, but unexpected issues still occur.

The first issue is one that has already happened several times and is likely to continue occurring if not properly addressed.

In IRIS, the collation for string data (%String) is set to SQLUPPER by default. As a result, when data is retrieved via SQL, it may be returned in uppercase (for example, when sorting and aggregating with GROUP BY).

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Question Evgeny Shvarov · Feb 5

Building a dynamic Object: how can I use variables?

Hi developers!

In a method I need to return a result as a dynamic object aka JSON Object. And here is my logic:

Classmethod Planets() as %DynamicObject {

 set val1="Jupiter"
 set val2="Mars"
// this doesn't work! cannot compile
 return {"value1":val1, "value2":val2}

}

So I need to do the following:

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Article Iryna Mykhailova · 21 hr ago 3m read

Embedded Python Programming with Claude Code

Since I started using Claude Code, my motivation to create things has skyrocketed.

Previously, even if I wanted to build something, actually doing the coding felt like a hassle, so unless there was a very strong need, I rarely went as far as programming. But now, if I just jot down the specifications, Claude Code handles the rest automatically, resulting in a dramatic improvement in productivity.

I come from a generation native to ObjectScript, so I used to feel some hesitation when it came to switching to Python.

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Question Scott Roth · Apr 6

Configuration item disabled, but shows enabled on Namespace

I am trying to built a Task that kicks off a Workflow to pull data into HSPD, and when I try to test the Task

ClassMethod TestTask()
{set tTask = ##class(OSU.Workday.TerminationsTask).%New()set tTask.DaysBack = 1 $$$ThrowOnError(tTask.OnTask())}

I keep getting TestTask+3^OSU.Workday.TerminationsTask.1 *%Exception.StatusException ERROR <Ens>ErrConfigDisabled: Configuration item 'OSU.DataSource.Workday.TermService' is disabled

But within the Namespace the OSU.DataSource.Workday.TermService shows enabled.

Here is my Task that I am using...

Class OSU.Workday.TerminationsTask Extends %SYS.
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Article Iryna Mykhailova · Apr 8 2m read

TypeScript (React) programming with Claude Code

This time, it’s not really programming per se, but we are using React as a front-end development tool for IRIS. When using a web development framework—not limited to React—one key consideration is which CSS framework to use. Up until now, we’ve been using Bootstrap, which is the standard and the easiest to get started with.

However, while it’s easy to use, I felt that it offers limited flexibility for customization. That said, even if we were to switch to another CSS framework, learning it and rewriting everything from scratch would be a significant effort, so we left things as they were.

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Article Laurel James (GJS) · Apr 7 2m read

Deltanji webinar: source control designed for change, built for you.

Is your source control treating your InterSystems IRIS environment like a simple collection of files? Most source control tools lack the native intelligence to handle InterSystems IRIS, which is why your code is treated as such. 

Deltanji is different. It understands how code and other artifacts are stored within IRIS and can manage them directly. This eliminates the friction that other tools introduce to the process. 

Join us for an InterSystems-hosted webinar to see how Deltanji provides an enterprise-grade source control solution that is tightly integrated with your IRIS environment.

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Question Scott Roth · Apr 7

Difference between Extending EnsLib.SQL.Snapshot vs creating a Property for EnsLib.SQL.Snapshot

We are working on Disk Consolidation and looking at Class/Globals that are rather large and not being cleaned up by the nightly Purge process. We have implemented DeleteHelper - A Class to Help with Deleting Referenced Persistent Classes | IDC on any Custom Data Classes, and Business Processes (BPL).

We have a bunch of Data Classes, BPL's, and Operations that connect to external MS SQL Server using JDBC to query or write data to using Stored Procedures and Queries. All that Query external tables are using EnsLib.SQL.Snapshot, and this is being written to ^Ens.AppData which is not cleaned up.

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Article Jorge Jaramillo Herrera · Mar 30 7m read

Complementing IRIS with MLflow for a Continuous Training (CT) pipeline

A Continuous Training (CT) pipeline formalises a Machine Learning (ML) model developed through data science experimentation, using the data available at a given point in time. It prepares the model for deployment while enabling autonomous updates as new data becomes available, along with robust performance monitoring, logging, and model registry capabilities for auditing purposes.

InterSystems IRIS already provides nearly all the components required to support such a pipeline. However, one key element is missing: a standardised tool for model registry.

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Announcement Larry Finlayson · Apr 6

Managing InterSystems Servers – Virtual May 4-8, 2026 / Registration space available

Managing InterSystems Servers – Virtual  May 4-8, 2026

  • Configure, manage, plan, and monitor system operations of InterSystems Data Platform technology
  • This 5-day course teaches system and database administrators how to manage InterSystems® Data Platform technology which powers all of our products. 
  • Learn to install, configure and secure the data platform, configure for high availability and disaster recovery, and monitor the system. 
  • Students also learn troubleshooting techniques.

SELF REGISTER HERE

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InterSystems Official Daniel Palevski · Apr 6

April 6, 2026 - Alert: HL7-to-SDA3 Transformation Issue Affecting Certain Medication-Related HL7 Messages

Summary

Alert ID 

Product & Versions Affected 

Risk Category & Score 

Explicit Requirements 

HSIEC-12800

InterSystems IRIS® for Health 

InterSystems Health Connect™ 

version
2026.1.0.233.0

System Stability Concern: 5 (High)

1. HL7-to-SDA3 transformations are in use

2. Medication-related messages include TQ1 segments

3. TQ1-3 Repeat Pattern contains multiple repetitions

Issue

An issue has been identified in the HL7-to-SDA3 transformation logic that can cause an infinite loop when processing certain medication-related HL7 messages.

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Article Chi Wan Chan · Oct 30, 2025 2m read

EnsLib.SQL.Snapshot not cleaned during purge messages when used in Response Message

Hi All,

First I want give a Shout Out to @Theo Stolker  and @Rupert.Young. Because they helped me with the solution.

 When you're using the EnsLib.SQL.Snapshot as a Property in the Response Message to return Snapshot data (,e.g.: from Business Operation to Business Process,) the Snapshot data won't be cleaned with the Purge messages task/service.

Class ResponseMessage Extends Ens.Response

{

    Property SnapshotProp As EnsLib.SQL.Snapshot;

}

The data will be stuck in the global: ^Ens.AppData. You can find it with this query in System>Globals:  ^Ens.AppData("EnsLib.SQL.

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Article Vachan C Rannore · Aug 18, 2025 3m read

Practical ObjectScript Coding: From JSON to Globals to SQL

While starting with Intersystems IRIS or Cache, developers often encounter three core concepts: Dynamic Objects, Globals & Relational Table. Each has its role in building scalable and maintainable solutions. In this article, we'll walk through practical code examples, highlight best practices, and show how these concepts tie together. 

1. Working with Dynamic Objects:

Dynamic objects (%DynamicObject and %DynamicArray) allow developers to manipulate JSON-like structures directly in Objectscript. They are especially useful for modern applications that need to parse, transform or generate JSON.

#Caché #HealthShare #InterSystems IRIS #InterSystems IRIS for Health #TrakCare #Globals #JSON #ObjectScript #Relational Tables #SQL
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Article Harshitha · Aug 3, 2025 2m read

Why It's Time for a TrakCare Techno-Functional Application Specialist Certification

Working in healthcare IT as a young developer, especially on InterSystems TrakCare, you quickly realize one thing: it’s not just about HL7 messages or backend integrations. A hugepart of making TrakCare work smoothly for hospitals comes down to how it’s configured, customized, and supported on the application side.

That’s where people like me come in—techno-functional developers who understand both the tech and how it impacts actual hospital workflows.

We’re Not Just Techies (or Functional Consultants)

Our role sits right in the middle.

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Article Fan Ji · Mar 26 1m read

Visualizing FHIR Patient Data with InterSystems IRIS for Health

Introduction

FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is the modern standard for storing and exchanging clinical data. But once your data is in a FHIR server, how do you actually explore it? FHIR data is stored as JSON — powerful, but not practical to read directly. I wanted a tool where you could click on a patient, see their conditions, medications, lab results, and more — in a clean, readable format. So I built the FHIR Patient Viewer.

How It Works

The app runs entirely in Docker and connects directly to an InterSystems IRIS for Health FHIR server.

#InterSystems IRIS #InterSystems IRIS for Health #FHIR #GitHub #Interoperability #JSON
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Question Bernat · Mar 30

Trouble configuring Basic Authentication for SOAP Web Service in IRIS

Hi everyone,

I’ve configured an integration scenario in InterSystems IRIS with a Business Service exposed as a SOAP web service. Everything works correctly when the web application allows unauthenticated access.

However, when I switch the web application to require Basic Authentication, I’m unable to get it working properly. I have configured a resource and assigned it to both the web application and the user I’m using for the request, but I consistently get login failures (visible in the audit log).

#InterSystems IRIS for Health #Authentication #SOAP #Web Gateway
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Article Vachan C Rannore · Mar 26 2m read

Excel in the IRIS .xls world

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.

-> .

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Announcement Anastasia Dyubaylo · Mar 20

Fast Track to InterSystems Certification

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.

🧑‍🏫 Exam preparation platform

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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Article Yuri Marx · May 5, 2025 10m read

How to produce and consume RabbitMQ messages on IRIS

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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Discussion Juan Mota Sanchez · Mar 26

Repo strategy in InterSystems IRIS: one repo per namespace, or one repo with multiple project folders?

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.

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Article Tani Frankel · Mar 26 1m read

2026.1 GenAI Data Transformation Highlight - DTL Explainer Feature

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.

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Question Nezla · Mar 26

Using VS Code

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

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Announcement KC Lu · Mar 16

Do you use client-side editing in VS Code? We want your feedback on the latest improvements!

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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