If I try to edit and resave the template with no changes I now get this error...

---begin-message---

Syntax error in ?eval-ed string in line 1, column 8: Encountered "ipsum", but was expecting one of these patterns: "." ".." <DOT_DOT_LESS> "..*" "?" "??" "!" "[" "(" ")" <TERMINATING_EXCLAM> ---end-message---

Looks like it doesn't recognize eval as a function?

Not 100% sure I Agree - the data is there. I don't think it recognizes the data as a JSON object. I seen the freemarker whitepapers which warn to not use eval but eval_json instead.... but that errors as well

Your assessment seems likely. Try outputting the content of data to see what's in it. What are you trying to accomplish with eval? There's probably a NetSuite friendly workaround. It doesn't use all freemarker functionality even from the same version number.

Correct. I've inherited this and I'm moving precisely in that direction.

Looks like eval and eval_json are not present in NetSuite's version

That’s what I’m hoping to do , if not I’ll pull the data myself. If it’s still there.- in progress…