Restricting XEDIT Modifications to Approved Sales Orders in NetSuite

This article describes a User Event Script that prevents users with a specific role from modifying approved sales orders via Inline Editing (XEDIT) in NetSuite. The script throws a custom error message as a browser alert when such modifications are attempted . And the error can be shown as an alert

📜 Script Definition

/**
 * @NApiVersion 2.1
 * @NScriptType UserEventScript
 */
define(['N/error', 'N/runtime'],
    function(error, runtime) {
        const roleID = 1015; // Restricted role ID

        function beforeSubmit(context) {
            // Check if user is editing the record using Inline Edit (XEDIT)
            if (context.type === context.UserEventType.XEDIT &&
                runtime.getCurrentUser().role === roleID) {
                
                var status = context.oldRecord.getValue({ fieldId: 'orderstatus' });

                // Prevent edit if order status is not Pending Approval ('A')
                if (status !== 'A') {
                    let custom_error = error.create({
                        name: 'PERMISSION_DENIED',
                        message: 'Modifications to sales orders are not permitted once they have been approved.',
                        notifyOff: false
                    });

                    // Throw an alert-style error message
                    throw custom_error.message;
                }
            }
        }

        return { beforeSubmit };
    });

🧪 Behavior Summary

💡 Notes

• This script is useful for enforcing business rules where only unapproved orders may be modified by certain users.
• To customize behavior for other roles, change the roleID value accordingly.
• Consider logging the error or audit trail if extended traceability is needed.