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InterSystems IRIS to Quip integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep InterSystems IRIS and Quip in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect InterSystems IRIS and Quip

Mirror Quip's data into InterSystems IRIS so your own code can read and write it like any other table, with changes flowing both ways in seconds.

Engineers integrate with tools like Quip through APIs, which means auth, pagination, rate limits, webhooks, and retry logic, all maintained forever and all different for every tool. Meanwhile the data would be trivial to use if it simply lived in InterSystems IRIS.

Stacksync mirrors Spreadsheets, Folders, Messages, Users from Quip into Persistent Classes, Globals, Namespaces, Stored Procedures in InterSystems IRIS and keeps both sides in sync in real time. Your services query the database directly, and inserts or updates your code makes flow back into Quip, so the tool and the database never disagree.

Common use cases

  • 01 Sync Folders and their membership with an identity or HR source so team spaces track org structure.
  • 02 Post a new_message into a linked Quip thread when a record changes in a CRM or ticketing system, notifying the account team where they plan.
  • 03 Consolidate IRIS data with other databases in an analytics warehouse for cross-system reporting
  • 04 Keep reference data consistent between an IRIS-based clinical or financial application and downstream SaaS tools

Common sync patterns

React to changes as they happen

Updates in Quip arrive as row changes in InterSystems IRIS, so triggers, jobs, and services can respond in near real time.

One integration pattern for the whole stack

Every synced tool looks the same from the database, so each new integration is configuration, not a new codebase.

Read Quip with a query

Records from Quip are ordinary rows in InterSystems IRIS; join them, index them, and use them in application logic without touching the vendor API.

What you can sync between InterSystems IRIS and Quip

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

InterSystems IRIS objects Quip objects How this pairing syncs
Globals The underlying multidimensional storage; typically accessed indirectly via SQL or objects in syncs. Folders Private, Shared, and Group containers that organize threads; membership is added or removed via the folders endpoints for access control. Globals is specific to InterSystems IRIS and Folders to Quip — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Namespaces Namespaces partition databases and determine the connection context for integrations. Messages Comments and chat posts on a thread; the most recent are read with get_messages and new ones written with new_message. Namespaces is specific to InterSystems IRIS and Messages to Quip — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Stored Procedures Server-side logic callable over SQL supports controlled writes and transformations. Users Member records read individually or via contacts; get_authenticated_user identifies the token owner. Used read-only for directory-style syncs. Stored Procedures is specific to InterSystems IRIS and Users to Quip — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables Relational projections of stored data are the primary read/write surface for SQL-based syncs. Blobs Images and file attachments stored per thread; downloaded with get_blob and uploaded with put_blob against a specific thread ID. Tables is specific to InterSystems IRIS and Blobs to Quip — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Views SQL views expose curated slices of data for outbound replication. Documents Editable rich-text threads addressed by ID; created and updated over REST via HTML or Markdown sections, with an updated_usec timestamp used to detect edits. Views is specific to InterSystems IRIS and Documents to Quip — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Schemas Schema organization scopes which tables a sync connection can see. Spreadsheets Live-spreadsheet threads; rows and cells are read and written through add_to_spreadsheet and update_spreadsheet_row helpers on the same thread endpoints. Schemas is specific to InterSystems IRIS and Spreadsheets to Quip — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between InterSystems IRIS and Quip

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

InterSystems IRIS Quip Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls InterSystems IRIS for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Polling (timestamp or query-based).

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Quip through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Quip InterSystems IRIS Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Quip for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Polling on thread updated_usec timestamps — get_recent_threads paginates by max_updated_usec.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to InterSystems IRIS as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • InterSystems IRIS: Constrained by database resources rather than published API rate limits.
  • Quip: Automation API allows roughly 50 requests per minute per access token; exceeding it returns HTTP 503, and responses carry X-RateLimit headers.
What ships with InterSystems IRIS ⇄ Quip

Connect InterSystems IRIS and Quip for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every InterSystems IRIS–Quip connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in InterSystems IRIS or Quip instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever InterSystems IRIS or Quip data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single InterSystems IRIS or Quip record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your InterSystems IRIS ⇄ Quip sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between InterSystems IRIS and Quip.

How the InterSystems IRIS and Quip connectors work

InterSystems IRIS

Integration surface
SQL over JDBC/ODBC, plus object and REST access layers
Authentication
Database credentials
Change detection
Polling (timestamp or query-based); no standard webhook surface
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Constrained by database resources rather than published API rate limits

Quip

Integration surface
REST (v1 Automation API)
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens (RFC 6749/6750) or a Personal Access Token; domain admins can pre-approve apps for domain-wide authentication
Change detection
Polling on thread updated_usec timestamps — get_recent_threads paginates by max_updated_usec; there is no change-data-capture and no outbound change webhook
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Automation API allows roughly 50 requests per minute per access token; exceeding it returns HTTP 503, and responses carry X-RateLimit headers
How it works

How to connect InterSystems IRIS to Quip — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate InterSystems IRIS and Quip with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    InterSystems IRIS connected
    Quip connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the InterSystems IRIS and Quip objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · InterSystems IRIS ⇄ Quip
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    InterSystems IRIS Quip
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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FAQ

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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