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Have an idea, suggestion, or something that doesn’t work as expected in InterSystems products or services? Share it here on the InterSystems Ideas Portal.

The Ideas Portal is where community members can propose improvements, report bugs, and help influence the product roadmap across InterSystems products and the overall developer experience. 22% of submitted ideas are implemented by InterSystems or members of the Developer Community.

💡 Ideas and bugs are both welcome, no matter how big or small. You can submit feature requests, usability improvements, workflow suggestions, and bug reports. Whether you’re an experienced expert or just getting started, your fresh perspective is valuable.

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Status Ideas Contest
Created by Fabian Haupt
Created on Sep 30, 2022

Modernize terminal

Add command and variable/global name completion in the terminal.

  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    May 9, 2025

    Thank you for submitting an idea for the Ideas contest. The status changed to "Ideas Contest".

    Please answer the experts' clarifying questions, if any, during the contest and voting period.

  • Fabian Haupt
    Jun 23, 2023

    The idea is to improve the terminal code itself. not add functionality through third party packages.
    The language needs to support these features.

  • Admin
    Vadim Aniskin
    Jun 23, 2023

    @Fabian Haupt, you have comments on your idea. Please answer them to help your idea to be promoted.

  • Dmitry Maslennikov
    Jan 4, 2023

    I think I found ideal project which may help with it, at least for SQL, at first
    https://www.dbcli.com/