There's a VS Code livestream that features SQL Tools.  You can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nSXEIMMpA&t=120s  It's so good that they re-broadcast it just a couple of weeks ago.  Highly recommended viewing if you want to get a feel for the capabilities of SQL Tools.

As well as Business Partners, there are several other minor items, such as Schedule Specs, that often need to be deployed to test and live instances.

Deltanji, our source-control solution for IRIS, has built-in support for these kinds of things.  It can treat any row in a table as a managed component that can be deployed along with the rest of your production items.

More info about Deltanji here: https://georgejames.com/deltanji/

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