In our previous article, New to NetSuite | Understanding SuiteScript 2.x Modules, we explored the SuiteScript Modules and N/record module, New to NetSuite | N/record Module Overview, which is used to interact with records. Now, we will take a closer look at one of the members of N/record: Field.type Property.
The Field.type property is a read-only string property that returns a body or sublist field’s data type. For example: "text", "date", "currency", "select", or "checkbox".
Syntax
field.type
- field is a Field object returned by methods such as record.getField() or sublist.getField().
- .type reads the field’s type as a string.
- It is read-only, you can check it, but cannot assign a new value to it.
Sample Usage
The sample Script loads a Sales Order, gets a body field (memo) and a sublist field (item), then logs each field’s type. For sublist fields, use record.getSublistField() and provide a zero-based line number.
/**
* @NApiVersion 2 .1
* @NScriptType ScheduledScript
*/
define(['N/record', 'N/log'], (record, log) => {
const execute = () => {
const salesOrder = record.load({
type: record.Type.SALES_ORDER,
id: 123 // Replace with a valid Sales Order internal ID
});
// Body field: use record.getField()
const memoField = salesOrder.getField({
fieldId: 'memo'
});
log.debug({
title: 'Memo field type',
details: memoField.type // Example: "textarea"
});
// Sublist field: use record.getSublistField(), not getSublist().getField()
const itemField = salesOrder.getSublistField({
sublistId: 'item',
fieldId: 'item',
line: 0 // First item line; SuiteScript 2.x is zero-indexed
});
log.debug({
title: 'Item sublist field type',
details: itemField.type // Example: "select"
});
};
return { execute };
});
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