Why would context.newRecord.getText return blank in the beforeLoad from a field that has a value set?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

The

context.newRecord.getText

might return blank in the

beforeLoad

from a field that has a value set due to the sequence of events in NetSuite's record lifecycle. The

beforeLoad

event is triggered before the record is loaded into memory. At this point, the field values may not have been fully initialized, especially if they are being set by a later user event or a client script. In the

beforeLoad

event, you should be able to get the value from

ctx.newRecord.getValue({ ... })

. However, if the value is being set after the

beforeLoad

event, it might not be available at this point, hence returning blank. In contrast, the

afterSubmit

event is triggered after the record has been submitted and all field values have been set. At this point, you can use

getText

method to get the display text of a select field. However, if the value has been set by

setValue

, you should use

getValue

instead of

getText

. If you still need to use

getText

in the

afterSubmit

, you can load the record again, but this is not an efficient solution. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******