Using SuiteScript 2.1, how can I set a field by text-value (rather than internalid) when using record.submitFields

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

In SuiteScript 2.1, you can set a field by text-value when using

record.submitFields

by using the

values

parameter. This parameter accepts an object where the keys are the field IDs and the values are the field values you want to set. Here is an example of how you can do this:

javascript
var fieldId = 'custrecord_tran_packages_tran_link';
var fieldValue = 'Sales Order #' + orderNum;

var values = {};
values[fieldId] = fieldValue;

var returnId = record.submitFields({
    type: 'customrecord_your_custom_record',
    id: yourRecordId,
    values: values
});

In this example,

fieldId

is the ID of the field you want to set, and

fieldValue

is the text value you want to set for that field. The

values

object is then used as the

values

parameter in the

record.submitFields

method. Please note that the

record.submitFields

method only works for fields that are not part of a sublist or a matrix field. If you need to set a sublist or matrix field, you will need to load the entire record using the

record.load

method and then use the

record.setSublistValue

or

record.setMatrixValue

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