When I use SuiteQL with REST to try to return a COUNT, the

items

in the result json is empty. why? how can i get the count correctly?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

When using SuiteQL with REST to return a COUNT, the

items

in the result JSON might be empty because the query might not be structured correctly. In SuiteQL, you need to specify the fields you want to return in your SELECT statement. If you want to return a count, you need to use the COUNT function in your SELECT statement. For example, if you want to count the number of transactions, your SuiteQL query would look something like this:

{
  "q": "SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM transaction"
}

If you're still getting an empty

items

array, it could be because there are no records that match your query. Make sure that the table and field names in your query match exactly with those in your NetSuite account. If you want to get the count of a specific field, you can use the GROUP BY clause. For example, if you want to get the count of transactions for each email, your SuiteQL query would look something like this:

{
  "q": "SELECT email, COUNT(*) as count FROM transaction GROUP BY email"
}

Remember that the result of a SuiteQL query is paginated, so you might need to use the

offset

and

limit

parameters to navigate through the result set. The

limit

parameter specifies the maximum number of records to return, and the

offset

parameter specifies the starting point in the result set. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******