Discussions
Join us for complimentary one-day events around the world and step into a future fueled by AI and limitless potential. Explore new breakthroughs, sharpen your skills, and connect with experts who are shaping what’s next. Experience bold keynotes, interactive learning, and connections that span the global NetSuite community. Discover what's next at SuiteConnect Tour 2026.
Mass Change to Billable checkbox on line items on POs, Vendor Bills, and Vendor Credits
We recently realized that for a few years, unbeknownst to anyone in the company, the Items Billable by Default setting was set to on (checked) (Setup -> Accounting -> Preferences -> Accounting Preferences -> Time & Expenses Subtab -> Expenses Group). This was never intentional, and the result is over 240,000 line items on Purchase Orders, Vendor Bills, Vendor Credits, and a couple of other transaction types where Billable = Yes, so that the Items are now listed under Invoice Billable Customers.
We attempted to fix this with a CSV update, but that failed for a number of reasons (most of the transactions were in locked periods and this apparently is a G/L change, even those in open periods where the CSV gave a "success" and not a failure error, the field was not actually changed. Worse, it caused a recalculation of taxes resulting in a large number of transactions now being off by $0.01, and some foreign currency transactions being off worse because of currency revaluations. We fixed those.
Pierre J.-L. Plourde
IT Manager/NetSuite Administrator
Peak Performance Products Inc.
e: pierre@pppinc.ca
t: 416-674-7325 ext. 1029
c: 905-439-7645
f: 416-674-7326
w: www.pppinc.ca
6956 Columbus Road, Mississauga, Ontario L5T 2G1
Oracle NetSuite Certified—ERP Consultant
Oracle NetSuite Certified—SuiteCloud Developer II
Oracle NetSuite Certified—Administrator
Oracle NetSuite Certified—SuiteFoundation
Oracle NetSuite Certified—Financial User
Oracle NetSuite Certified—SutieAnalytics User