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How to submit category (industry) value for a Customer record?

edited May 26, 2020 1:14PM in SuiteCloud / Customization 1 comment
I am unable to determine the RecordRef 'type' to use for the category ("industry") value for adding a Customer via the API, using the PHP Toolkit.

My code is based on the sample in the PHP Toolkit ("add_customer.php"). I've been able to successfully specify the values for some RecordRef types:

[PHP]
$customer->territory = new RecordRef;
$customer->territory->internalId = 9;
$customer->territory->type = 'territory';

$customer->subsidiary = new RecordRef;
$customer->subsidiary->internalId = 2;
$customer->subsidiary->type = 'subsidiary'; 
[/PHP]

but the category (industry) does not accept a type of 'category' nor 'industry'. What is the correct 'type' to use for this? How can I determine the valid 'types' to use for issues like this in the future?

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