#Global Masters

Hi Community!

We're pleased to invite all DC members to the InterSystems Global Masters Gamification Platform to get points and prizes for your contribution to the Community, learn with selected content about InterSystems technology, network with your peers and have fun!

▶️  What is Global Masters?

Global Masters is a gamification platform, where you learn technology, complete tech quizzes, watch videos, etc. You will be completing challenges (tasks) related to ISC technology, earning badges & points, and exchanging points for a variety of rewards.

Hey! November Article Bounty is live on Global Masters! 🍁🚀

Share your expertise by writing a brand-new article on one of the topics and get 🏆 5,000 points when it’s approved! 🎉

Here’s the list of October topics:

Let’s shine a light on the amazing authors and contributors of our October Article Bounty! 💙
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in and shared their knowledge.

A special mention goes to those who created brand-new articles and shared their expertise — each received 5,000 points 🎉

1. @Robert Cemper >> "Sample for Beginners with Streams in IRIS"
2. @Vachan C Rannore >> "What I’ve Learned from Multiple Data Migrations"
3. @Harshitha  >> "Tips on handling Large data"
And also to those who joined the challenge and helped us in the search for interesting articles (each received 30 points 🙌):

Hi Community! 

On Global Masters, we’ve prepared a brand-new Halloween journey for you 🎃

Step into the role of a lead engineer at PumpkinOps and uncover what’s haunting the system.
Complete the investigation steps, stabilize the release, and earn up to 120 points for your work.

Finish all tasks before November 3 to receive 50 bonus points!⚡️

👉Click here to Start Investigation

Starting out with ObjectScript, it is really exciting, but it can also feel a little unusual if you're used to other languages. Many beginners trip over the same hurdles, so here are a few "gotchas" you'll want to watch out for. (Also few friendly tips to avoid them)

NAMING THINGS RANDOMLY

We have all been guilty of naming something Test1 or MyClass just to move on quickly. But once your project grows, these names become a nightmare. 

➡ Pick clear, consistent names from the start. Think of it as leaving breadcrumbs for your future self and your teammates.

MIXING UP GLOBALS AND VARIABLES

Summer is coming to an end, and we’re sure you had plenty of highlights! ✨

Maybe you learned something valuable, got yourself a reward on Global Masters, or even joined READY 2025 🎉

Here’s a quick checklist — but you can, of course, share anything else about your summer in the comments. Photos are more than welcome 📸

• Went to the sea or a lake
• Hiked/enjoyed nature
• Traveled somewhere new
• Attended a concert or festival
• Watched a movie or series
• Read a book
• Earned points and redeemed a reward on Global Masters 🏆
• Joined READY 2025 🎉
• Spent time with family or friends

You’ve probably already seen that the October Article Bountyis live on Global Masters! 🍁🚀

Submit a brand-new article on one of the announced topics and earn a bounty of 🏆 5,000 Global Masters points once it’s approved! 🎉

Here’s the list of October topics:

It’s time to bring some spotlight to the authors and participants of our September Article Bounty! A big thank-you to everyone who took part💙

Special shout-out to those who took the time to write brand-new articles and share their expertise (each received 5,000 points 🎉):

The utility returns the desired values from the text and display the multiple values if exists based on starting and ending string.

Class Test.Utility.FunctionSet Extends %RegisteredObject
{

/// W !,##class(Test.Utility.FunctionSet).ExtractValues("Some random text VALUE=12345; some other VALUE=2345; more text VALUE=345678;","VALUE=",";")
 

Hi Community!

🍂 Autumn Rewards Are Here on Global Masters!

Step into the season with our fresh new rewards - it’s the perfect time to explore the Rewards section and claim your favorites!

Remember, prize availability varies by region, so be sure to check what’s on offer for your location.

Don’t miss out on these seasonal treats!

Not a Global Masters member yet? Join here using your InterSystems SSO credentials.

You’ve probably already seen that the September Article Bounty is in full swing! 🚀

You can either submit an existing up-to-date article on one of the topics and earn 30 points,
or write a brand-new article from scratch and get a bounty of 🏆 5,000 points once it’s approved! 🎉

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:

August was an inspiring month for our Community 🙌

A huge thank you to all who joined the August Article Bounty 💙

Your contributions keep our knowledge base growing and make it easier for others to learn, solve problems, and get inspired.

Special shout-out to those who took the time to write brand-new articles and share their expertise (each received 5,000 points 🎉):

Hi Everyone,

So after @Ariel Glikman posted a custom operation example, I'm stuck on another dilemma, and here it is:

Hey, Developer Community!

We’ve launched a brand-new activity on Global Masters — the Article Bounty!
It’s your chance to share your expertise, help fellow developers, and, of course, earn points while doing it.

👉 Join the August Article Bounty on Global Masters here

Hi Community!

Here you will find info about badges of the Developer Community & InterSystems Global Masters Advocacy Hub, and the complete list of badges with descriptions on how to get them. 

Please note: our current vendor doesn't have Levels functionality yet, but we are working on bringing it back.

Hi Community, 

We are pleased to introduce a new reward on Global Masters: 

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Hey Community! New rewards have arrived on Global Masters 🎁

With our July update, we’ve added some fresh new options for you to choose from! The rewards catalog is now packed with even more exciting ways to exchange your points for something truly useful, , and well-deserved If you’ve been saving up your points, now’s the perfect time to treat yourself!

➡️ Enter Global Masters to check out available prizes*.

🧩 Want to learn how to earn points faster? You can find tips and guidance here 

Hello my friends,

I have a problem with Objectscript, why the value of address become like this ?

everything works fine except the Address,

this is my code, do I need something to make this into real address ? should I put something in my code ? 

 set paper=obj.PAADMPAPMIDR.PAPMIPAPERDR

            if '$isobject(paper) continue

            set Address=paper.PAPERStName

thank you for your help

Best Regards,

Steven Henry

Hello my friends,

I have a bit problem with date format, I need to display like this DD-MM-YYYY

I've put the objectscript like this : set DOB=$zd(paper.PAPERDob,15)  

and the result is 

Why It cannot show the full year, I mean why 99 or 95 why not 1999 or 1995 ? 

Thank You

Best Regards,

Steven Henry

How was your READY experience?
We’ve prepared a bingo card — take a look and see how many boxes you can check off!
Cross off the ones that match your experience or list them in the comments.
And if something memorable happened that’s not on the card — we’d love to hear about it! ✨

You’ve been dropping memes into our inbox — here's our top 20!
Get ready to laugh, nod in agreement, and maybe spot the one you created! 👀Let us know in the comments which meme is your favorite!

Here’s a special thread where you can tell a bit about yourself — because connecting and learning more about each other is what makes this community great 💬✨

We had a similar discussion on our old Global Masters platform — you might remember! We’re excited to bring that networking opportunity back to the community.

💬 Here’s a simple format to help you get started:

Mirror Member

Hi ISC Experts,

I'm in the process of setting up InterSystems IRIS for HealthShare with database mirroring, and I’d appreciate some guidance around how to handle an existing ODBC connection in this new setup.

Scenario:

It helps to remove special characters, such as non-utf-8 characters either control characters or unicode characters from text that is not printable or can't be parsed by downstream systems.

There is also $C(32) in this condition; sometimes NBSP appears in the text and it will not be recognized by TIE, but downstream it displays as "?".

In order to avoid the NBSP issue, the if condition is replaced with a space in order to prevent the error.

Unicode characters only Remove:

You can learn a lot from a first impression; we want to hear about yours.

As a continuation of our User Insights Interview program (see this post for more details), we’re expanding our scope to include Python developers, particularly those of you who are new to working with InterSystems technology. We’re looking to conduct one-on-one interviews to hear your honest thoughts about getting started: What made sense, what didn’t, and where we could improve.

Interested in sharing your thoughts? Sign up to participate here.

Hi Community!
We’ve just added some 🎁 new rewards on Global Masters!
Take a moment to explore the Rewards section. Exciting Spring Rewards – Grab Yours now!

Please note that our prize selection varies by region and country. We kindly ask you to review the available options for your location. 

 
Not a Global Masters member yet? Join here using your InterSystems SSO credentials.

We are receiving the report in text format and it has special characters like ', - like that in the text. Source system is using the UTF8 encoding format hence the text is showing as ' � ' . Is there a way to convert the utf8 to actual character in the DTL.

Thank you,

Are you a developer, data engineer, integration engineer, or data scientist who works hands-on with InterSystems products? 

We are conducting 30-45 minute interviews to understand your experience — how you started with InterSystems products, where you find helpful code samples, and how we can improve our products to better support your journey. 

✅ If you’re interested, fill out a quick survey to share your contact info and experience.

If you're selected, we will schedule a session at your convenience between April 2 and May 8 for an interview based on the information you provide.

Hello there 🙋‍♂️,

I'm looking towards a functionality alike Python's difflib, but made with Intersystems products. I already know could embed Python code within IRIS but thought maybe there was a development already done for handling deltas, with a different approach or extra utils.

Even if I find such a library after comparing both might still go with difflib or any other more suitable. Intend to use it for a cross-environment checklist/check tool.

Please find below a sample of HTML rendering computed and made with difflib, with a few lines of code:

thanks ! best regards,