NetSuite’s SuiteTalk web service enables you to automate and schedule the import of your data from staged files as a transaction in NetSuite. In this example, I am going to demonstrate a sample routine that will import ACH payment data from an external ACH service into NetSuite as payments. However, before importing, it is critical that I ensure that I do not duplicate records, which is what I’m going to focus on in this article. You can achieve this by performing a duplicate check against a custom body field.
SuiteTalk Code Sample
private Boolean FindDuplicatePayment(string pyt_identifier)
{
SearchResult transactionSBR;
List<SearchStringCustomField> oCustomSearchStringList =new List<SearchStringCustomField>();
SearchStringCustomField custbody_achIdentifier = newSearchStringCustomField();
custbody_achIdentifier.scriptId=”custbody_pyt_ach_identifier”; // id of customField custbody_achIdentifier.searchValue = pyt_identifier; //value to check
custbody_achIdentifier.operatorSpecified = true;
custbody_achIdentifier.@operator =SearchStringFieldOperator.@is;
oCustomSearchStringList.Add(custbody_achIdentifier);
TransactionSearchAdvanced transactionSA = newTransactionSearchAdvanced()
{
//Below is the saved search that is defined in Netsuite already.
savedSearchScriptId =”customsearch_check_pyt_identifier”,
criteria = new TransactionSearch()
{
basic = new TransactionSearchBasic()
{
customFieldList = oCustomSearchStringList.ToArray(),
}
}
};
transactionSBR = netSuite.service.search(transactionSA);
if (transactionSBR.status.isSuccess)
{
if (transactionSBR.searchRowList.Length != 0 && transactionSBR.searchRowList != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(String.Format(“Identifier found.. This record will not be imported.{0} “, pyt_identifier));
return true;
}
return false;
}
return false;
}
Summary
Below is brief explanation of the above code sample.
- pyt_identifier is the value to search within NetSuite
- The identifier is a custom body field in NetSuite and must be scoped as SearchStringCustomField
- The saved search in the example is customsearch_check_pyt_identifier which is already created in NetSuite as a saved search
- oCustomSearchStringList works as a filter to the saved search by checking pyt_identifier value
- transactionSBR will store saved search results and in this case I am just using the record count (length) to determine duplication
I hope this is useful. If you’re looking for help extending, integrating and customizing NetSuite, please feel free to contact the MIBAR team – we’re here to help!
Until next time, happy coding!
Additional NetSuite Resources
Why You’ll Love NetSuite’s Business Intelligence Dashboards
Creating Filtered Dropdown Lists in a Custom Field in NetSuite
