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custom string search on transaction not working
I have a custom string field on transacactions and I'm trying to do a TransactioNSearchBasic to return all matches with a EMPTY custom field value. The filter is having no effect.
Anyone have any ideas? Known issues?
Here is the soap:
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Header> <searchPreferences xmlns="urn:messages_2_6.platform.webservices.netsuite.com"/> </soap:Header> <soap:Body> <search xmlns="urn:messages_2_6.platform.webservices.netsuite.com"> <searchRecord xsi:type="q1:TransactionSearchBasic" xmlns:q1="urn:common_2_6.platform.webservices.netsuite.com"> <q1:department operator="anyOf"> <searchValue internalId="2" xmlns="urn:core_2_6.platform.webservices.netsuite.com"/> </q1:department> <q1:status operator="anyOf"> <searchValue xmlns="urn:core_2_6.platform.webservices.netsuite.com">_returnAuthorizationPendingReceipt</searchValue> </q1:status> <q1:type operator="anyOf"> <searchValue xmlns="urn:core_2_6.platform.webservices.netsuite.com">_returnAuthorization</searchValue> </q1:type> <q1:customFieldList> <customField operator="empty" internalId="custbody_rm_return_postage_track_num" xsi:type="SearchStringCustomField" xmlns="urn:core_2_6.platform.webservices.netsuite.com"/> </q1:customFieldList> </searchRecord> </search> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> // Here is a single record from the response, as you can see the field I'm trying to filter out isn't included (because it's empty) yet the record is returned <ns2:record xsi:type="ns14:ReturnAuthorization" internalId="12107" xmlns:ns14="urn:customers_2_6.transactions.webservices.netsuite.com"> <ns14:createdDate>2008-06-25T10:14:00.000-07:00</ns14:createdDate> <ns14:lastModifiedDate>2008-06-25T10:22:00.000-07:00</ns14:lastModifiedDate> <ns14:entity internalId="1078"> <ns2:name>, Nina - ****</ns2:name> </ns14:entity> <ns14:tranDate>2008-06-25T00:00:00.000-07:00</ns14:tranDate> <ns14:tranId>76</ns14:tranId> <ns14:department internalId="2"> <ns2:name>Retail Sales</ns2:name> </ns14:department> <ns14:location internalId="13"> <ns2:name>PMD Alton : PMD-BOND : Returned Product</ns2:name> </ns14:location> <ns14:partner internalId="906">
Steve Klett | Senior Developer
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