This article is relevant if you are using SuiteScript 2.0 to enhance NetSuite to add line items to a sales order or other transactions.
Background
During a recent implementation of a custom shipping calculator for a client, our senior technical analyst, Elie C., was working to build a client-side enhancement that would move shipping rate information from NetSuite’s standard header to a transaction line. Elie’s algorithm was working perfectly server-side but was not working client-side. While working in the browser console, he was unable to add a new line and commit values.
As a member of the Prolecto team, Elie C. reached out to our technology-oriented group and was offered a technical tip from another senior technical analyst, Boban B. I surmised that this tip would help save time for the larger NetSuite development community.
Use FireSlavingSync on Sublist Values
The trick to solve Elie’s challenge was to set fireSlavingSync equal to true. By default, the value is false. The attribute triggers other dependent values on the record machine to “sync up” and thus behave the way you expect it to.
NetSuite offered this SuiteAnswers ID 29093 with a code example. See the excerpt below:
function pageInit(context) {
var currentRecord = context.currentRecord;
currentRecord.selectLine({
sublistId: 'item',
line: 0
})
currentRecord.setCurrentSublistValue({
sublistId: 'item',
fieldId: 'item',
value: 5,
fireSlavingSync: true
})
currentRecord.commitLine({
sublistId: 'item'
})
currentRecord.selectNewLine({
sublistId: 'item'
})
currentRecord.setCurrentSublistValue({
sublistId: 'item',
fieldId: 'item',
value: 6,
fireSlavingSync: true
})
currentRecord.commitLine({
sublistId: 'item'
})
}
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