InterSystems IRIS is a Complete Data Platform
InterSystems IRIS gives you everything you need to capture, share, understand, and act upon your organization’s most valuable asset – your data.
As a complete platform, InterSystems IRIS eliminates the need to integrate multiple development technologies. Applications require less code, fewer system resources, and less maintenance.
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Enjoy the new video on InterSystems Developers YouTube:
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If you’re new to InterSystems, check out the InterSystems Developer Hub.
Start working with InterSystems technologies — install InterSystems IRIS, connect to it, run something real, or try products directly in a browser-based interactive environment (no setup required).
If you’re wondering where to begin, here’s what you’ll find there:
Developer Onboarding Guide — a structured walkthrough of what InterSystems IRIS is and how to set it up
Quickstarts — short, practical guides to get you from zero to a working setup:
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Yeah, I know we have a lot of tips & tricks articles - we even have a special tag for it, right? But I can not share my own collection. In this collection, you can find snippets for beginners, as well as some everyday ObjectScript constructions. In fact, it's also a way to learn something new about my favorite programming language. So, if you guys have anything to add, you are welcome!
Hi Community,
Take a look at these new videos in online learning, and get familiar with new features and interfaces in the latest release of InterSystems® products. All videos are also available in the Learning Services YouTube channel.
Plus, check out a video for new ObjectScript developers, and a guide for HealthShare® users upgrading their deployments.
Senior engineering is defined not by the volume of code produced, but by the strategic avoidance of it. In complex integration environments, the tendency to utilize general-purpose libraries for every niche requirement introduces unnecessary overhead. True architectural maturity requires a commitment to "minimalist tooling"—prioritizing resilient, battle-tested system utilities over custom logic. This assessment examines our PGP encryption/decryption pipeline to demonstrate how shifting from application-level libraries to OS-native delegation enhances system durability.
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, Community!
Are you working with large tables? See how partitioning helps you manage and query your data:
Today I have published a new Open Exchange package for generation of Synthetic Data directly into IRIS.
It can be a frustrating process to find decent datasets when you are looking to make a demo app. Maybe the dataset doesn't matter that much, but you still want it to appear somewhat genuine and with several linked tables that are usable directly within IRIS with the neat implicit joins with ->. Maybe you just want linked tables that are easily installable with IPM to benchmark queries, this dataset generation would be perfect.
This demo walks you through the new Table Partitioning feature in IRIS SQL, explaining what it does and how it works along the way. We'll only use a few dozen rows to prove the concept, but obviously the capability is focused on datasets many orders of magnitude larger.
If you'd like a shorter, higher-level introduction to Table Partitioning, check out the online learning module Managing Tables with Partitioning in InterSystems IRIS
ℹ️ Table Partitioning is included in IRIS 2026.1 as an experimental feature
In last post I talked about iris-copilot, an apparent vision that in near future any human language is a programming language for any machines, systems or products. Its agent runners were actually using such so-called 3rd generation of agents. I want to keep/share a detailed note on what it is, for my own convenience as well. It was mentioned a lot times in recent conversations that I was in, so probably worth a note.
The George James Software team is looking forward to going to National Harbor for READY 2026!
As part of the conference, we'll be hosting our Deltanji Source Control User Group:
Date: Wednesday, April 29th
Time: 8 - 9am (breakfast will be provided)
Location: Azalea 1
RSVP by emailing laurelj@georgejames.com.
We'll be showing what will be included in the next release of Deltanji, version 8.2, as well as providing an opportunity for questions and discussion. We welcome both current and prospective users to join us.
The Management Portal doesn't have a native way to switch to Dark Mode. This can be resolved using a Chrome extension called Dark Reader. See the result:
To install and use the Dark Reader:
This article reflects my recent experiences at trying to connect an IRIS Business Operation to a secure Kafka Server, using SSL tunnels to encrypt the communications and using SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) password hashing with SCRAM-SHA-512.
This is the second part of an article pair where I walk you through:
As mentioned the goal is to give you a smooth “first run” experience.
Hello, community.
I've been working with Intersystem Caché for two years, and right away I was excited about the rich ecosystem that Caché provides. However, I was disappointed with calls using #call, and I understand that it was a limitation of the time. Well, the frustration is that #call returns null by default, meaning an AJAX request is executed, but there's no hook to retrieve the return from that request. The only way to retrieve the data from that request is by building a callback on the server side using &js<>.
A microservice is an architectural style that structures an application as a collection of small, autonomous services. Each component is developed around a specific business capability, can be deployed independently, and is typically managed by a miniature, specialized, self-governing team. (Source: https://microservices.io/)