How do expected dates on Purchase Orders flow to Sales Orders in order to provide customers with line item availability information? Does that even happen, or does it require custom coding?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

Based on the conversations provided, it appears that the flow of expected dates from Purchase Orders (POs) to Sales Orders (SOs) in NetSuite does not happen automatically. This is because the system does not natively support this functionality. To achieve this, you would likely need to use SuiteScript, NetSuite's built-in JavaScript-based API, to create a custom field on the item record that references the date the most recent purchase order was created for the item. This custom field could then be used to provide customers with line item availability information. Here is a reference to creating custom fields with values derived from summary search results: https://system.netsuite.com/app/help/helpcenter.nl?fid=section_3746191995.html. Please pay extra attention to the limitations mentioned at the bottom of the page. In terms of forecasting POs, one of the users mentioned that they created a custom record for this. The custom record records the amount and the date when it will get paid, and it is tied to the PO when it gets created. However, please note that there are some limitations with custom fields. For example, it was mentioned that the

duedate

field is not showing in the System Notes and is not yet feasible in NetSuite. This is being tracked as an enhancement under Enhancement code

#189337

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