Administrators often need to perform bulk updates on Vendor Bill records, such as updating the Memo and/or Department fields for multiple transactions. Loading and saving each record individually can be slow and consume unnecessary governance.
A more efficient approach is to update only the required standard body fields using record.submitFields.promise() within a Scheduled Script.
This method allows you to:
- Update standard body fields only
- Avoid using record.load() and record.save()
- Improve script performance and governance usage
- Safely process records in bulk
Example: Bulk Update Vendor Bill Memo and Department
- Searches Vendor Bills using mainline = T
- Updates the Memo and Department fields
- Logs successful updates and errors for easier monitoring
/**
* @NApiVersion 2 .1
* @NScriptType ScheduledScript
*/
define(['N/record', 'N/search', 'N/log'], (record, search, log) => {
/**
* Entry point for the scheduled script.
*/
const execute = async (context) => {
// Search for the most recent vendor bills
const vendorBillSearch = search.create({
type: record.Type.VENDOR_BILL,
filters: [['mainline', 'is', 'T']],
columns: ['internalid']
});
// Collect up to 5 vendor bill IDs for this example
let vendorBillIds = [];
vendorBillSearch.run().each(result => {
vendorBillIds.push(result.getValue({ name: 'internalid' }));
return vendorBillIds.length < 5; // Limit for demonstration
});
// Update each Vendor Bill
for (let billId of vendorBillIds) {
try {
await record.submitFields.promise({
type: record.Type.VENDOR_BILL,
id: billId,
values: {
memo: 'Updated by Scheduled Script',
department: 2 // Set to department internal ID as an example
}
});
log.audit(
'Vendor Bill Updated',
`Vendor Bill ID ${billId} updated with new memo and department.`
);
} catch (error) {
log.error('Error Updating Vendor Bill', `ID: ${billId} | Details: ${error.message}`);
}
}
};
return { execute };
});
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