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Why does PATCH on customer return X-NetSuite-PropertyValidation header?
I am making a PATCH request to update a customer record. If my request payload includes (among other fields):
"defaultShippingAddress": null
I get a 204 No Content (success) status as expected, but the response also includes the header:
X-NetSuite-PropertyValidation: Unknown field name defaultShippingAddress. The field does not exist on this record instance
I guess I need help interpreting this message. "Unknown field name" seems misleading to me, since the field *is defined* in the OA3 metadata for customer: https://system.netsuite.com/help/helpcenter/en_US/APIs/REST_API_Browser/record/v1/2023.1/index.html#/definitions/customer .
How should I interpret this message in the response header?