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Add legitimate special symbol-separator for ObjectScript variable names

If I have a meaningful variable in languages like Python it is very convenient to use _ as a word separator. E.g. this_is_an_sql_that_causes_an_error="SELECT * FROM TABLE" in IRIS there are no special symbols allowed as separators. So the variable...
Evgeny Shvarov over 1 year ago in InterSystems IRIS 1 Will not implement

Saving Searched Criteria within Message Search

I tend to create Saved Searches and save them in the Message Viewer for the rest of my team and myself to help search for messages in troubleshooting systems. I find if I need to update a Saved Search there is not a good way to pull down existing ...
Scott Roth over 1 year ago in InterSystems IRIS 0 Planned or In Progress

%NormalizeObject to cater for serial, list of objects and user call-back

It will be helpful if the %NormalizeObject method had the same depth of functionality as %ValidateObject. %ValidateObject has the checkserial argument. Adding the same type of argument to %Normalize will make things simpler when it comes to normal...
Stefan Cronje over 1 year ago in InterSystems IRIS 0 Future consideration

Public API for access to shared memory

Sometimes we need to have a resource shared among several processes, e.g. some application counters, that we don't want to be looked up by users. Globals don't fit this need for evident reason. The idea is to provide an API which allow shared (whi...
Alexey Maslov over 1 year ago in InterSystems IRIS 1 Future consideration

Automatic XML Formatting of XData in DTL, BPL and Rulesets

The basic idea is that when a DTL, BPL or ruleset is edited on the SMP, that is formats the XML in the XData block. With large DTL, Rulesets and BPL, it is sometimes easier to open the class, collapse some sections of the XML and check the flow. P...
Stefan Cronje over 1 year ago in InterSystems Products 3 Needs review

Create a tool for IRIS BI to test all the pivots and dashboards if they still work after changes made

Sometimes when we make changes in the data classes, in pivots it can influence on the pivots and dashbords and those stop working. And it is very difficult to find the problem in pivots and dashboards especially if there are a lot of them - e.g. h...
Evgeny Shvarov almost 2 years ago in InterSystems IRIS BI 0 Community Opportunity

Add address standardization to Normalization (using Project US@ standards)

Standardizing the address fields would improve autolinking and save time spent on manual review. By using the US@ standards, it would improve interoperability and data sharing. Minutes from the April 2021 meeting are attached. See ONC for further ...
Susan Saul about 2 years ago in InterSystems HealthShare 0 Future consideration

String format to numeric values in ZEN.proxyObject

Hi, I just published an article with a new feature to allow returning numerical values of JSON attributes in String format. https://community.intersystems.com/post/new-feature-zenproxyobject-send-numeric-string I think it would be a good improveme...
Daniel Aguilar about 2 years ago in InterSystems Products 0 Will not implement

Linux: iris session [command line] get commands from a file

On Linux systems, the command line interface there is no command that says read commands from a file. A sample session looks like: iris session myinstance Username: superuser Password: ************ myinstance:USER>zn "%SYS" myinstance:USER...
Phillip Wu about 2 years ago in InterSystems IRIS 5 Already exists

Backup button before importing

Wouldn't be it so useful to have a button inside Studio to generate an automatic backup from all classes which are being overwritted before importing new ones?
Yone Moreno about 2 years ago in InterSystems Products 2 Will not implement