Hi Jean,

Taking a look into ##class(%Library.PosixTime)  you see that you shouldn't be concerned on efficiency
It's pretty obvious that the implementation is missing a selectable precision.
so

  • set stripped = $P(str,".",1)

Is similar effective as 

  • set stripped = $E(str,1,19) 

It's not perfect but will be correct and lasting for almost the next 8000 years 😉

In SMP (System Management Portal), you step to EXLORER and then step into SQL
where you select your TABLE. and can rebuild index


Furthermore, every persistent class  has by default
• classmethod %BuildDeferredIndices
• classmethod %BuildIndices
• classmethod %BuildIndicesAsync

Next variant : use $SYSTEM.OBJ.ValidateIndices()
Details described here  Fix broken index 8 years ago, still valid
 

Due to limited practice in ZEN I transferred your example to straight CSP and JS

<html>
<head>
<title>Demo for David</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function importExtract()
{
	var url='upload.csp' ;
	var options = 'popup,status=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=750,height=250' ;
	newwindow=window.open(url,'UPLOAD',options);
    newwindow.focus();
	alert('back');
	}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Demo for David</h3>
<Input type="button" value="Import Client Consultation Extract"
         onclick="importExtract();"/>
</body>
</html>

in upload.csp I just added this BUTTON to the end ot the main form

	<button onclick="window.close()" style="width: 100px; height: 40px; font-size: 18px;"> Exit </button>
</form>

1.  Use $$DIR^TRACE(dir)  you haven't set a suitable directory
2.  Use $$ON^TRACE(5352)  ; the job you want to trace ==> open file
3:  USE $$OFF ^TRACE(5352) to stop trace ==> close file
4.Now ^TRACE should show the file

I traced my own studio session:

START:1810291850,0,%SYS.BINDSRV,2,1
STACK: [ 0] D - SuperServer+112^%SYS.SERVER +1
STACK: [ 1] D - SuperConnect+34^%SYS.DBSRV +1
STACK: [ 2] D - Dispatch+14^%SYS.BINDSRV +1
DO:1812736542,0,%SYS.BINDSRV,39
ARG:[ 0] INT: 0
ARG:[ 1] INT: 1
ARG:[ 2] INT: 1
DO:1812736624,0,%SYS.BINDSRV,625
ARG:[ 0] INT: 0
ARG:[ 1] INT: 0
DO:1812736631,0,%SYS.BINDSRV,258
ARG:[ 0] INT: 0
ARG:[ 1] INT: 0
QUIT:1812736638,291
DO:1812736642,0,%SYS.BINDSRV,627

Not sure for Caché 2017 
BUT
Cache for UNIX (Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86-64) 2018.1.5 (Build 659U) Mon Mar 22 2021 07:12:43 EDT
Has ^TRACE in %SYS
with enough $v(..) and $ZU(..) to look promising 

 W $ZU(5)
%SYS
%SYS>D ^TRACE
 
TRACE utility for Cache. You can signal a process to write a record of all
procedure, function, or subroutine calls to a file. Then use this utility to 
interpret and display the trace. The trace file is named: CacheTrace_'pid'.txt 

Use $$DIR^TRACE(dir) to set the directory where the file(s) should be written
(process must have create/write access to the directory). $$DIR^TRACE() returns
the current directory for trace files. 

Use $$ON^TRACE(pid) to start the trace and $$OFF^TRACE(pid) to end the 
recording. Then just run ^TRACE to see the results. 

Process ID for trace file: 

So  %SYS>d ^TRACE might be a useful start

This utility traces the execution of a process.  Traced processes write events
to a trace file with details about the routine line where the event occurred
and, if applicable, the global reference.  The events available for tracing
correspond to the metrics availabe in performance monitoring tools (PERFMON,
%SYS.MONLBL etc).  Raw data is written to iristrace_<pid>.txt in the
configured directory, and is then parsed and displayed by this utility.
 
 
Trace file directory:   not set
Trace file size limit: unlimited
Trace events selected:  RtnLoad, GloRef, BlockWait, NCacheMiss, DirBlkRd
   UpntBlkRd, BpntBlkRd, DataBlkRd, BdataBlkRd, MapBlkRd, OthBlkRd
 
1) Configure Trace
2) Trace Process (Foreground)
3) Start Background Trace
4) Stop Background Trace
5) Display Trace Files
6) Delete All Trace Files
 
Option?

It might be great to remove the related refences also
from official documentation
Py
https://docs.intersystems.com/components/csp/docbook/Python-Native/v1.0.0/irisnative.iris.html#irisnative.iris.function

Nodes.js
https://docs.intersystems.com/components/csp/docbook/NodeJS-Native/v2019.2/external-_intersystems-iris-native_.Iris.html

Java
https://docs.intersystems.com/iris20201/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=BJAVNAT_call#BJAVNAT_call_function

.NET
https://docs.intersystems.com/iris20201/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=BNETNAT_call#BNETNAT_call_function

Also Class reference for 2025.1
https://docs.intersystems.com/iris20251/csp/documatic/%25CSP.Documatic.cls?LIBRARY=%25SYS&CLASSNAME=%25Net.DB.Iris#Function

like this:
Calls a function (label^routine), passing zero or more arguments and returning the function's return value. Trailing arguments may be omitted, causing default values to be used for those arguments.

This method throws an exception when an error condition is encountered.

routineName

input

The name of the routine that implements the function to be called.

functionName

input

The name of the function to be invoked.

args

input...

The arguments to be passed to the method.

 

return

The value returned by the functionName function.


  • Such a misleading documentation roughly 1.5 years behind reality is not so impressive
  • It took days to find this out.  😖

>> Naming in ObjectScript has a historic background 
In the beginning, the grand-grandfather of IRIS was a full-stack operating system
And it was running on machines with only 64 KBytes of memory
So saving space in memory was the highest virtue of a developer then.
Consequently, all names were as short as short could be.
Typically using single-character named variables.
And A was different from a to widen the available scope
Over the years, this was kept for backward compatibility and to decrease the fear of upgrades
And I have seen customers running 40+ year old code also in IRIS without any bit changed.

In your screenshot, I see 

$('<div>') simpledialog2(

But W3Schools says:
https://www.w3schools.com/Jquery/jquery_syntax.asp

Basic syntax is: $(selector).action()
  • A $ sign to define/access jQuery
  • A (selector) to "query (or find)" HTML elements
  • A jQuery action() to be performed on the element(s)

I didn't write JavaScript for decades, and I'm not an expert.
BUT: I fail to detect the point after the closing bracket
It was just my Studio that marked it as an error.

created with NPI

you could try to set your terminator to null String "". 
it is optional accordig to docs
https://docs.intersystems.com/iris20251/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=GIOD_tcp#GIOD_tcp_open

  • terminators

Optional — A list of up to eight user terminator characters that will terminate reads on the TCP binding device. If you specify both T mode and terminators at the same time, T mode is ignored.