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can i set externalid to any field value on record save through a script?

You should be able to set externalid, but remember it is a unique key and will error on collision. IIRC there's also some limitations on the characters allowed in externalid

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 `*@NApiVersion 2.x`
 `*@NScriptType UserEventScript`
 `*/`
`define(['N/search', 'N/record', 'N/runtime', 'N/file', 'N/format', 'N/log'],`

    `function(search, record, runtime, file, format, log) {`


        `function beforeSubmit(context) {`

            `var newRecord = context.newRecord;`
            `var name = newRecord.getValue({fieldId: 'name'});`

         
            `log.debug({`
                `title: 'name',`
                `details: name`
            `})`

          `newRecord.setValue({fieldId:'externalid', value: name})`

        `}`

        `return {`
            `beforeSubmit: beforeSubmit,`
        `};`

    `});`

for some reason the field value is not changing even afterSubmit. Any idea why this is happening?

what does your afterSubmit code look like