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Boris Yasen
04/05/2023, 2:21 PMWe are creating advanced pdf templates for Statements but how could we do that using SuiteScripts? Is there any method to add custom data source to that template please?
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Nathan L
04/05/2023, 2:24 PMYeah using the N/render module. I think typically you'd have a button press call a suitelet that generates the pdf for you rendered by the render module
https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/netsuite/ns-online-help/section_4412042824.html
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Boris Yasen
04/05/2023, 2:24 PM@Nathan L But the issue is how to pass "statements" data to that template
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ec
04/05/2023, 2:28 PMrender.statement(options)
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Nathan L
04/05/2023, 2:29 PMYeah like ec said. Theres several built in functions on that link that have some pretty good code examples of what youre trying to do
Nathan L
04/05/2023, 2:30 PMThe gist of it is, you load a rederer, assign a template, give the template your data source, render the pdf, then save it/display it
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ec
04/05/2023, 2:30 PMyes, interestingly I once tried to use a Workflow to generate statements (though I NEVER use Workflows) and it was missing the subsidiary option - which was a must in this multi-subsidiary environment I was working in.
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Boris Yasen
04/05/2023, 2:31 PMThank you @Nathan L @ec
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Boris Yasen
04/05/2023, 2:39 PM@ec that render.statement() function returns pdf template or source code, right?
I mean if I have several templates, I can't select one template other than preferred one?
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ec
04/05/2023, 2:42 PMdo you mean to say you have to select the appropriate template? see image
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04/05/2023, 2:42 PMlook up the help on that call, you will have what you need
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Boris Yasen
04/05/2023, 2:43 PMThank you. but I want to pass some other data to that template using SuiteScripts like JSON data, etc
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