Sales Order reports are commonly used across the company by sales operations, customer service, finance, and order management teams to support day-to-day order processing. These teams may need to quickly review the Sales Order number, Customer, Customer PO Number, and Memo when validating orders, responding to customer inquiries, coordinating fulfillment, or reviewing transaction details.
However, optional fields may sometimes be blank, making reports harder to interpret. Using SuiteQL NVL, Administrators can replace null values with clear labels such as "No PO Number" or "No Memo Provided."
This makes Sales Order reports easier to review and helps teams quickly identify missing information.
Sample Query
SELECT
t.tranid AS sales_order,
-- Displays the Sales Order number
c.entityid AS customer_name,
-- Displays the customer associated with the Sales Order
NVL(
t.otherrefnum,
'No PO Number'
) AS customer_po_number,
-- Displays the customer's PO number.
-- If the PO number is NULL, displays 'No PO Number' instead.
NVL(
t.memo,
'No Memo Provided'
) AS memo
-- Displays the Sales Order memo.
-- If the memo is NULL, displays 'No Memo Provided' instead.
FROM transaction t
-- Uses the transaction table to retrieve Sales Order information
INNER JOIN customer c
ON c.id = t.entity
-- Connects each Sales Order to its corresponding customer
WHERE
t.type = 'SalesOrd'
-- Limits the results to Sales Orders only
ORDER BY
t.tranid;
-- Sorts the results by Sales Order number
To easily execute a SuiteQL query, see NetSuite Admin Tip | Running SUITEQL Using a Suitelet
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