How to earn points on InterSystems Global Masters Advocate Hub
It’s no secret that the InterSystems Global Masters program is integrated with Developer Community, Open Exchange, and Ideas Portal. Whenever you contribute to any of these platforms, you automatically earn points and badges on Global Masters.
We’ve created a short guide to help you discover the best ways to earn points on Global Masters:
Please note that points are automatically awarded on the 4th day after you make a contribution on DC, OEX, or the Ideas Portal (activities made outside of the Global Masters platform).
HOW TO EARN POINTS ON GLOBAL MASTERS
| Activity | Points | Badge(s) |
| Activities on Developer Community | ||
| 👣 First Steps | ||
| Register on Developer Community | 50 | |
| First article | 1500 | DC Author |
| First question | 500 | InterSystems Researcher |
| First comment or answer | 300 | DC Commenter |
| Certified Specialist badge | 200 | |
| 📑 Articles on Developer Community | ||
| Each published post on Developer Community | 200 | |
| Published post on DC in Chinese | 400 | |
| Published post on DC in Spanish | 400 | |
| Published post on DC in French | 400 | |
| Published post on DC in Japanese | 400 | |
| Published post on DC in Portuguese | 400 | |
| 5 Articles on DC | 7500 | Reporter |
| 10 Articles on DC | 15000 | Blogger |
| 25 Articles on DC | 40000 | Influencer |
| 50 Articles on DC | 75000 | Opinion Maker |
| 💬Comments on Developer Community | ||
| Each comment on the Developer Community | 30 | |
| Comment on DC in Chinese | 60 | |
| Comment on DC in Spanish | 60 | |
| Comment on DC in French | 60 | |
| Comment on DC in Japanese | 60 | |
| Comment on DC in Portuguese | 60 | |
| Accepted answer on Developer Community | 150 | |
| ❓Questions | ||
| 5 Questions on DC | 2000 | Curious Member |
| 10 Questions on DC | 5000 | Thorough Member |
| 25 Questions on DC | 15000 | Inquisitive Member |
| 50 Questions on DC | 30000 | Socratic Member |
| 🙋♂️Answers | ||
| 1 Accepted Answer | 1000 | DC Problem Solver |
| 5 Accepted Answers | 4000 | Master of Answers |
| 10 Accepted Answers | 8000 | Bronze Master of Answers |
| 25 Accepted Answers | 20000 | Silver Master of Answers |
| 50 Accepted Answers | 40000 | Gold Master of Answers |
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If you would like to learn about our special set of badges and additional points for a number of Accepted Answers on the Developer Community! |
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🌐Translations of the DC Articles |
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| Translate an article Read how to translate Articles here. |
150 |
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| Translate a question | 30 | |
| 🌟Best Practices | ||
| 1 Best Practices Article | 500 | Best Practices Author |
| 2 Best Practices Articles | 1500 | Advanced Best Practices Author |
| 3 Best Practices Articles | 3500 | Bronze Best Practices Author |
| 4 Best Practices Articles | 5000 | Silver Best Practices Author |
| 5 Best Practices Articles | 7500 | Gold Best Practices Author |
| 👀 Post Views (on your post) | ||
| 750 Views on DC Post | 200 | Popular Writer |
| 2000 Views on DC Post | 500 | Notable Writer |
| 5000 Views on DC Post | 1000 | Famous Writer |
| 15000 Views on DC Post | 3000 | Gold Writer |
| 👍 Likes (on your posts) | ||
| 50 Likes on DC Posts | 500 | Insightful Author |
| 100 Likes on DC Posts | 1000 | Expert Author |
| 500 Likes on DC Posts | 5000 | Recognizable Author |
| 1000 Likes on DC Posts | 10000 | Powerful Author |
| Activities on Open Exchange | ||
| 💿Downloads of Your Application | ||
| 50 Downloads on OEX App | 500 | Popular App |
| 100 Downloads on OEX App | 1000 | Bronze Popular App |
| 250 Downloads on OEX App | 2500 | Silver Popular App |
| 500 Downloads on OEX App | 5000 | Gold Popular App |
| 🧑💻Applications | ||
| Each App on Open Exchange | 800 | |
| IPM application on Open Exchange | 400 | |
| 1 App on OEX | 1000 | Open Exchange Developer |
| 5 Apps on OEX | 10000 | Bronze Open Exchange Developer |
| 10 Apps on OEX | 25000 | Silver Open Exchange Developer |
| 25 Apps on OEX | 50000 | Gold Open Exchange Developer |
| 📝OEX Reviews | ||
| Each Open Exchange Review | 200 | |
| 1 OEX Review | 200 | Open Exchange Reviewer |
| 5 OEX Reviews | 500 | Advanced Open Exchange Reviewer |
| 10 OEX Reviews | 1000 | Bronze Open Exchange Reviewer |
| 25 OEX Reviews | 2500 | Silver Open Exchange Reviewer |
| 50 OEX Reviews | 5000 | Gold Open Exchange Reviewer |
| Activities on Ideas Portal | ||
| 💡Product Ideas Submission | ||
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Product Idea Submitted Points are awarded automatically for ideas submitted under the "InterSystems Products" category, after the idea has passed moderation. Read more in this post. |
100 |
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| Product Idea In Progress | 500 | |
| Product Idea Implemented | 3000 | |
Complete challenges, get badges and climb up the levels: Insider > Advocate > Specialist > Expert >Ambassador> Legend.*
*Please note the level system is not available on a new Global Masters platform starting from April 2024. We are working on bringing it back!
The higher level you are, the more interesting prizes available!
And...
Please check the additional information about Global Masters:
- What is Global Masters? Start Here
- Global Masters Badges Descriptions
- Global Masters Levels Descriptions
Additionally, you can join our Referral Program here and earn 1,000 points for each friend who joined Developer Community!
If you have not joined InterSystems Global Masters Advocacy Hub yet, let's get started right now! 
Feel free to ask your questions in the comments to this post.
*Post last updated: 21 July 2025
Comments
Thanks, Anastasia!
Very helpful!
I believe we also have a series upon the number of accepted answers, like 10,25,50,100 accepted answers. Do we?
Hi Evgeny,
let me answer - we do not have so far, and I think that would be good to have such series & badges to recognize the authors.
Thank you for this quick reference table (and for my *looks up amount of points for comments* 30 points!)
Are these automated in any way? Wondering if mine is bugged because I've certainly posted questions and comments before but those badges were never unlocked. Their descriptions below say "first" question/comment and I don't know if mine are being detected:
Hi David!
This should be automatic. We'll investigate.
Hi David!
We have fixed this issue. Thank you for the feedback!
Thank you! You're very quick! 
I wrote a post on DC in 2017? Do I have to 'register' it to get points on Global Masters?
Kind regards,
Stephen
Hi Stephen,
I see you have joined recently the Global Masters, that is so great!
-this post is not counted in "Write a post on Developer Community" challenge (100 points), as it has been published before you registered
- it is counted in all other type of challenges listed above e.g. "Write 10 posts on DC".
This was really helpful
Thank you
This is an excellent article and is worth bumping the thread :)
Great! This is very helpful!
This is helpful. Thank you!
"Invite your colleague to Developer Community" - is there a formal way to do this via the D.C. interface? I looked around and couldn't seem to find an 'invite a friend' option or anything like that. I have some colleagues whom I think would benefit from getting involved in the D.C. (CC: @Anastasia Dyubaylo / @Evgeny Shvarov )
Hi @Ben Spead you can do that via this Global Masters challenge (this challenge is currently in your "Later" tab)
Thank you @Olga Zavrazhnova! I knew I had seen it somewhere at some point. I just had a conversation with a new colleague yesterday about the value of the D.C. and Global Masters, so I will send her an invite :)
It's a good idea! Do you mean to have the UI on DC to prepare an email invitation to join DC to a friend developer with a standard invitation text?
This was more to figure out the proper way to do this in order for tracking for the badge, etc on the G.M. platform. It makes sense that it needs to originate in a challenge (and than you to Olga for pointing that out).
I don't think that just having a form on the D.C. to invite a friend necessarily makes sense, as anyone can just shoot a friend an email with the link. If others would like to see this as a new feature I won't object though.
Hello,
please, can you explain how to translate an article/question?
Regards
You can see the language of the article in the upper left side of the window, click on it and a list of language will be deployed, select the language to translate the article and a new window will be shown with 2 options, translate and request translate, select the first and you will be able to translate the article.
Oh, I see.
Unfortunally there is not Italian language available.
Puoi dare un suggerimento in Ideas Portal
Penso che ci sia abbastanza supporto lì.
Perciò ?? @Luca Ravazzolo ??
Thank you for the table!
Thanks, Anastasia!
Very helpful!
Thanks for the help.
Hello! Thank you very much for remembering these points! I was reading and noticed that the option "Share an article / video in Social Networks" is no longer available in publications, I think this referred to the old platform, right?
Hi Marcelo! Yes, the option to share was available for any article and video on the old platform. On the new platform, we still have some articles/videos for sharing, but only for selected content. Social sharing “asks” are tagged with the “social share” tag on the platform when available.
Thank you!!
Thank for the tips
thanks for the information it is very useful
Very helpful, thanks
I was curious, how long should it take for there to be an update to your points after reading an article / posting a reply? Is this something that should happen immediately, or take some time?
Hi Henry! The points are awarded on the 4th day after you post a comment or article — this delay is intentional, for moderation purposes.
However, if you notice a delay longer than that, please let me know. That could indicate a possible issue with the integration between your profiles on DC and GM that we may need to look into 😊
Hi Olga! Thank you for the quick response. That definitely makes sense
Wow great question Henry!
This is so cool! Can't wait to get active in the Intersystems community and earn some points
Hi Olga,
I had a question about the point structure regarding comments. Do you get 300 points for being the first to comment on a post, or is it 300 points for your first ever comment, then 30 points for every subsequent one?
Thanks for your help!
That’s a good question! You get 300 points for your first-ever comment on DC — and it comes with a badge too. Then, 30 points for every subsequent one. We’ll update the table to make this clearer.
Now I really like the idea of awarding bonus points to the author of the first answer to a question 😄 — maybe we should introduce something like that!
Thanks for the clarification! And I agree, that would be a good way to incentivize initiation on posts.
I also think you should give points to those who suggested great ideas on how to score points 😄
And then the question is, does it have to be a correct answer?
Because if not I'm going to be getting lots of points very quickly ;)
It doesn’t have to be correct, but make it your best shot :)
P.S. Our moderators are wide awake — just saying 😄😜
Sensational
This guide is really helpful—it makes it easy to understand how to earn points and how many points each activity gives. I’ve saved it to my sticky notes so I can quickly check it without having to come back here every time
This is great information, looking forward to it!