CustomFieldRef is an abstract type and cannot be instantiated

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

Based on the conversations provided, it seems that the issue revolves around the instantiation of abstract types in NetSuite, specifically

SearchCustomField

,

SearchColumnCustomField

, and

SelectCustomFieldRef

. 1. For the

SearchCustomField

issue, it seems that the user was trying to instantiate

SearchCustomField

directly, which is not allowed as it is an abstract type. Instead, the user should instantiate a specific type of

SearchCustomField

. Here is a corrected code sample:

php
$NSservice = new NetSuiteService();

$cs = new CustomerSearch();
$csb = new CustomerSearchBasic();

$customField = new SearchStringCustomField();
$customField->internalId = 'custevent_service_credit_deducted';
$customField->searchValue = '440';
$customField->operator = 'anyof';

$customFieldList = new SearchCustomFieldList();
$customFieldList->customField = array($customField);
$csb->customFieldList = $customFieldList;
$cs->basic = $csb;

$request = new SearchRequest();
$request->searchRecord = $cs;

$searchResponse = $NSservice->search($request);

In this code,

SearchStringCustomField

is used instead of

SearchCustomField

. 2. For the

SearchColumnCustomField

issue, the user was trying to instantiate

SearchColumnCustomField

directly, which is not allowed as it is an abstract type. Instead, the user should instantiate a specific type of

SearchColumnCustomField

. The user should specify the type of the custom field in the

xsi:type

attribute of the

customField

element in the SOAP request. For example, if the custom field is a boolean, the user should use

SearchColumnBooleanCustomField

. 3. For the

SelectCustomFieldRef

issue, the user was trying to change a

SelectCustomFieldRef

to a

multiSelectCustomFieldRef

. It's not as simple as changing

SelectCustomFieldRef

to

multiSelectCustomFieldRef

and passing an array instead of the internalID. The user would need to create a new

MultiSelectCustomFieldRef

object and assign an array of

ListOrRecordRef

objects to its

value

property. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******