I can't set tranid on an invoice. why?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

The

tranid

field on an invoice or any other transaction in NetSuite is a system-generated field. It is automatically populated by NetSuite when the transaction is created and cannot be manually set or overridden by a script or a workflow. This is because the

tranid

field is designed to be a unique identifier for each transaction, and allowing it to be manually set could potentially lead to duplicate

tranid

values, which would cause issues with data integrity. In some cases, if you try to set the

tranid

to an existing value, NetSuite will blank it out. This is to prevent duplicate

tranid

values. If you're seeing invoices without a

tranid

, it could be due to an attempt to set the

tranid

to a duplicate value. Also, if you're using SOAP or any other API to create transactions and trying to set a value for

tranid

, you might encounter an error. This is because

tranid

is a system level field and you do not have permissions to set a value for it. The error message you're seeing is indicating that the field is read-only. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******