Tag: General preference

Unable to change General Preference date format

Scenario: When we try changing the short date format to ‘DD-Mon-YYYY’ and long date format to ‘DD Month YYYY’, the preference reverts to default on saving. We were abe to set the option in Set Preferences but not in General Preferences. We tried using different browsers and all the users are facing this issue. We… Continue reading Unable to change General Preference date format

General Preferences Overview

In previous articles, we covered the topics of Company setup and Account setup. Now, we will set up the general preferences for the company account. This setup includes defining important preferences for your company that NetSuite will use across many modules and features. To select these general preferences, follow the navigation path: Setup > Company > Preferences > General… Continue reading General Preferences Overview

Create custom field in Company (General Preference)

So for creating a custom field in Company’s General Preference we need create a script or we can use the already created script. open the script which is created and navigate to the parameters Sub-tab click new parameter fill the mandatory fields like label, type etc and give the prefernce as Company then finally click… Continue reading Create custom field in Company (General Preference)

Unable to change ‘First day of week’ option in General Preferences

Scenario: The system is set to recognize Sunday as the first day of the week according to the General Preference settings. However, there’s a need to adjust this to Monday. Despite attempting to save the change to Monday, the option remains unaltered in the NetSuite RP account. Various troubleshooting steps such as switching browsers, clearing… Continue reading Unable to change ‘First day of week’ option in General Preferences

“Use Custom Journal” preference missing in FAM System Setup

Usually, we see the asset-related journal entries in the Journal list in Transactions -> Financial -> Make Journal Entries -> List. However, we have the preference of using a custom journal type for the asset related journal entries. Subsequently, the journals would be displayed in Fixed Assets -> Journal Entries. We check the ‘Use Custom… Continue reading “Use Custom Journal” preference missing in FAM System Setup

Change date format in NetSuite

You can change the company, subsidiary, and user settings to use a different date format than the default setting. You can select the formats to use when displaying abbreviated and full dates. The abbreviated date format appears on reports, forms, and data-entry pages. The long date format is used when forms or templates require a… Continue reading Change date format in NetSuite

Tips and Tricks on General and User Preferences

Adjust the number of rows in a list or entries in a search bar dropdown by going to Home > Set Preferences and under Optimizing NetSuite selecting the preferred number of results.  Admins can standardize date formats on that same Set Preferences General tab under Formatting. Seeing internal IDs for all fields, records, lists, workflows… Continue reading Tips and Tricks on General and User Preferences

How to Add script parameter on General Preferences tab in Netsuite

Open the corresponding script to be updated Go to the Parameters tab 3. Click on New Parameter, while creating a new parameter select the preference as Company and add the Label, ID type, etc. 4. Click Save and Go to Netsuite > set up > company > general preferences then you can see the newly… Continue reading How to Add script parameter on General Preferences tab in Netsuite

Contact Record link in Customer Record

Usually, if the customer is an Individual the contact record tab doesn’t show up in the customer record. So to add the contact record link in the customer record, you can do the following steps. Go to Setup > Company > General Preferences Then check the ” SHOW INDIVIDUALS AS CONTACTS” checkbox and hit Save. So… Continue reading Contact Record link in Customer Record