Setting {externalID} on record save.
Is it possibl...
# suitescriptp
PlanetJupiter
06/21/2022, 3:45 PMSetting {externalID} on record save.
Is it possible to set the externalid of a record on save? I want to set the Customer External Id to name the {nameorig} field
e
ehcanadian
06/21/2022, 3:55 PMuse record.submitFields in afterSubmit
c
CD
06/21/2022, 4:02 PMI'm happy to be wrong, but I'm sure that you can only set externalid via CSV, REST and SOAP
e
ehcanadian
06/21/2022, 4:04 PMIt can be set using submitFields in an UE
c
CD
06/21/2022, 4:09 PMI didn't know that. Thank you @ehcanadian
e
ericbirdsall
06/21/2022, 4:49 PM@PlanetJupiter Be sure to have a try/catch as if you may ever have more than one customer with the same name. If you save a Customer with the name McDonalds, the external ID will be McDonalds, if you have a second Customer with the name McDonalds, the record.submitField in afterSubmit will fail with an error of "can't have duplicate external ids" and no external Id will be set
15 Views