SQL DATA LENS grew out of years of continuous development under a different name. In 2021 the tool was renamed: Caché Monitor became SQL DATA LENS. Nothing else changed — same product, same code base, same release line.
Why the name changed
InterSystems announced the InterSystems IRIS Data Platform in September 2017, and it was clear even then that IRIS would eventually replace the Caché name entirely. At the time of the rename, the current Caché release was 2018.1.4, and it remains the last Caché version the tool ships a driver for.
The name Caché Monitor had been chosen to signal how closely the tool integrated with the Caché database. That was accurate, and it was also the problem: a name tied to one product name ages badly when the vendor retires the product name. The new name is deliberately more neutral.
What did not change
The goal is still the closest possible integration with the InterSystems products, and the day-to-day work is unchanged: the same Server Navigator showing every namespace on every server, and the same IRIS-aware SQL editor.
The continuity shows in the version numbers. The last Caché Monitor release was 2.96; the first release under the new name was SQL DATA LENS 3.0. The numbering has continued from there without a reset — see what’s new for the current release and everything since.
If you are coming from Caché Monitor
Two companion posts cover the practical side of the transition:
- You can use Caché Monitor and SQL DATA LENS side by side — the two versions keep their settings in separate folders.
- Dear Caché Monitor user — which Caché Monitor licences carry over at no extra charge.
The current build is on the download page.