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Get externalId in SuiteScript from SuiteTalk entry

edited Dec 2, 2019 5:47PM in SuiteCloud / Customization 3 comments

Greetings, I'm working on an integration where I'd like to in a SuiteScript User Event Script access the externalId value submitted via SuiteTalk (web service) call before the record is committed/saved.  For example (and I'm working with submitting a SalesOrder via SuiteTalk), the SOAP request might have lines like:

<entity type="customer" externalId="1375" internalId="15"  />
<job externalId="SomeCustomValue" />

So in SuiteScript, how can I retrieve the value "1375" or "SomeCustomValue"?

In the big picture, I'll then use these values to kick off other custom processes and/or manipulate data before saving the SalesOrder.

Big thanks in advance for your assistance!

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