how to send an email if a Scheduled script fails

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

To send an email if a Scheduled script fails in NetSuite, you can use the

try-catch

block in your script. In the

catch

block, you can use the

email.send()

API to send an email when an error occurs. Here is a sample code snippet:

javascript
try {
    // Your scheduled script code here
} catch (e) {
    var author = -5; // -5 is the internal ID of the system user
    var recipients = '<mailto:example@example.com|example@example.com>'; // replace with your email
    var subject = 'Scheduled Script Failed';
    var body = 'Error Details: ' + e.message;

    email.send({
        author: author,
        recipients: recipients,
        subject: subject,
        body: body
    });
}

In this code, the

try

block contains your scheduled script code. If any error occurs while executing this code, the control will move to the

catch

block. In the

catch

block, an email is sent with the error details. Please note that the

author

is set to

-5

, which is the internal ID of the system user. This is because the current user in a scheduled script is "System", which is not an employee and trying to send an email as "System" will cause an Unexpected Error. It's a good practice to have a dummy "No Reply" employee record (doesn't need NetSuite access, just an email) and set it as a script preference. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******