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Hi - does anyone know how to add an option to an custom list using a script?

this is only possible via suitelet and only for lists that you add on the form while constructing the suitelet itself

:point_up_2: Well, unless you’re okay with using undocumented APIs

load the `customlist` record and add values to the `customvalue` sublist

you can also treat it as a custom record type and simple create a new record for it

<@UAKQK9FC6> I'm intrigued... Can you elaborate more on that please or provide any links to the undocumented APIs?

<@U5TF1GQ20> Lemme try loading the customlist

<@U5TF1GQ20> that doesn't work because it's not a supported record.

It's a work in progress. I add more as I find them, so feel free to watch the repo.
<https://github.com/burkybang/NetSuite-UI-Types>

<@U5TF1GQ20> it worked!! how did you find out about this? AND THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

thanks <@UAKQK9FC6> - I'm reading through it now

I was thinking you wanted to add a custom option to a dropdown based on what <@U01KPKP7SP5> was saying.

Yeah it's easy if you are creating the field via a Suitelet or user event but not if it's a standard field or custom field added via a custom form.

a lot of the customizations are scriptable, though not documented as such

This did the trick for an existing customlist

for example, the id of a custom item field is `itemcustomfield`

I have been looking into that as well but how would you create a freeform text field?

<@U01CW1GHHL4> Here's an example of what I was talking about.
```var fieldId = 'account';
var dropdown = getDropdown(document.querySelector('#' + fieldId + '_fs'));
dropdown.addOption('Hello @Shubi!', '100');```

what would the id of a tran body field be?

yeah that'd do the trick as well. That's actually easier than loading the record and wasting governance. Thanks for that burkybang!

let's see what NetSuite support has to say about my case lol - I bet they'll give me an enhancement hah

It really depends on what you want to do. If you want to only show the new option(s) one time or dynamically, then use my approach, but if you want to add more options to the custom list, then use <@U5TF1GQ20>'s.

yeah - I think I can use both approaches in my case

basic list of supported record types can be found by running in a browser console
```nsapiInitRecords();
console.log(nsRecordTypes)```

find the id you want in the list and see if you can create it

with serverside script being more lenient

Thanks - I try to avoid client scripts as much as I can.

Thanks for teaching me something new today

I have wanted to create a folder via script too. I'm gonna try that next