Author: Allwin Antony

Key Considerations and Best Practices for Enabling the Multiple Units of Measure (MUOM) Feature in NetSuite

Key considerations and potential changes across various areas need to consider if we turn on UOM feature: Enabling the Multiple Units of Measure (MUOM) feature in a live NetSuite account will allow you to define and manage items in multiple units, making it easier to track and sell inventory in different units of measure. However,… Continue reading Key Considerations and Best Practices for Enabling the Multiple Units of Measure (MUOM) Feature in NetSuite

Limitations on Exports to PDF

Limitations on Exports to PDF Exported PDFs have some output limitations. If your export includes more than 10,000 rows, exporting them to PDF may cause an error. Also, if your export includes a large number of columns or extremely long field values, you may encounter formatting issues. To avoid performance problems, exports with more than… Continue reading Limitations on Exports to PDF

Auto Populate the Production Start Date and Production End Date on the Work Order

Scenario Upon creation of a Work Order, the Production Start Date and Production End Date fields are not auto-populated. The solution is to create separate Saved Searches used to get the values from the start date and end date field from the Work Order. Solution: To automate the population of these fields, we’ll leverage NetSuite’s… Continue reading Auto Populate the Production Start Date and Production End Date on the Work Order

Print Work Order as PDF with Advanced PDF/HTML Template

Scenario To print Work Orders as PDF using Advanced PDF/HTML Template requires to have the feature Work Orders enabled.   Solution Customize Bill of Materials Form Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms Preferred Bill of Materials form: Click Customize/Edit Printing Type: Select Advanced Print Template: Select preferred Advanced PDF/HTML Template Click Save Customize Work Order Form Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms Preferred Work Order form: Click Customize/Edit Click Linked Forms Bill of Materials:  Custom Form: Select Bill… Continue reading Print Work Order as PDF with Advanced PDF/HTML Template

Fixing Stretched Letters in Tables

Understanding the Issue: When creating NetSuite PDFs, you may encounter a common problem where the text within table cells becomes stretched or uneven. This occurs due to the default justification behavior of NetSuite’s BFO (BFO Framework) rendering engine. The Solution: Overriding Default Justification To prevent text stretching and ensure a clean, consistent appearance, we need… Continue reading Fixing Stretched Letters in Tables

Remove related records/file from a parent record without delete the related records/files

In NetSuite, managing relationships between records is a common task, especially when dealing with files or other related subrecords attached to parent records like customers, vendors, or transactions. Sometimes, you may need to disassociate these related records or files from their parent records without deleting the actual files. This is where NetSuite’s record.detach() method becomes… Continue reading Remove related records/file from a parent record without delete the related records/files

Automating NetSuite Map/Reduce Scripts to Run Only on Month-End

When working with NetSuite, there might be scenarios where you need a script to run only at the end of each month. For instance, if you have a Map/Reduce script that processes sales orders or updates records, it’s often unnecessary and resource-intensive to run it daily. Instead, you may want it to execute only on… Continue reading Automating NetSuite Map/Reduce Scripts to Run Only on Month-End