Locking Timesheet Periods

Account administrators can disable the ability for employees to submit, edit, or add a time entry within a specific time period. You can choose to lock timesheets by closed fiscal periods, weekly, or monthly. The Weekly Timesheets feature is required to enable locking timesheet periods. To set up a timesheet lock: Go to Setup > Accounting… Continue reading Locking Timesheet Periods

The weekly Timesheet Stuck in Open Status

User tries to submit weekly timesheet billable to a Job/Project but it stays in Open status instead of Pending Approval status. Solution This behavior is usually encountered when the Employee indicated in the timesheet is not listed as a Resource for the Job/Project. To resolve: Type the name of the Job/Project in the Global Search Bar.… Continue reading The weekly Timesheet Stuck in Open Status

Error “There is already an item with that name or name/parent combination” when Creating New Item or Matrix Item

The “Item Name/Number” serves as the unique primary key identifier for Item Records. The system allows users to enter the same Item Name/Number, provided the items are of different Item Types. A Matrix Item is an extension of a standard Item Type and is treated in line with its parent type; for instance, a Non-Inventory… Continue reading Error “There is already an item with that name or name/parent combination” when Creating New Item or Matrix Item

Providing Access to Vendors

To give vendors access to NetSuite and assign roles to them, the ‘Vendor Access feature’ must be enabled. You can assign multiple roles to customize the level of access needed by a specific vendor. For example, the Vendor Center role enables a vendor to view prior transactions and open purchase orders. To enable the Vendor… Continue reading Providing Access to Vendors

Not showing projects in List in the Weekly Timesheet

The project list will show only allocated projects if the ‘Limit Time and Expenses To Resources’ preference is enabled. When creating weekly time entries, not all project assigned to the resource/employee is available in the list of all projects assigned to the resource. Solution Navigate to Transactions > Employees > Weekly Timesheet Employee: Enter Employee… Continue reading Not showing projects in List in the Weekly Timesheet

Time Approving Page Views

For the Approve Time Page, there are two views by default in NetSuite. Below are the two views available for the Approve Time page: Timesheet view – Shows the weekly timesheets for approving Time Entry view. – Shows time bills(track time records) for approving By system design, the view on the Approve Time page is based on the last view set on… Continue reading Time Approving Page Views

The Tax Item on a Customer Record Do Not Populate on Sales Order

Tax Code field is not automatically populated based on Tax Item from Customer records on the Sales Order Solution Check if the entity’s Tax Item is from the same country as the entity’s “default” Nexus, which is based on the entity’s Default Shipping Address and the Nexuses set up on the entity’s Subsidiary. To Illustrate: 1.  Subsidiary includes both France and Switzerland as Nexus 2.  Customer record has: Default Shipping: Switzerland Tax Item: Z-FR (France Nexus) 3. Create Sales… Continue reading The Tax Item on a Customer Record Do Not Populate on Sales Order