We are hitting a problem with updating a NetSuite Sales Order (specifically we're updating a custom field) but are bouncing off some Read-only fields that we don't even explicitly write to in our code.
We retrieve the order, update the custom field and then call WriteResponse rc = this.nsPort.update(order); where order is an instance of SalesOrder pulled by internalID and nsPort is an instance of NetSuitePortType. The call to update() fails with an exception:
java.lang.Exception: You do not have permissions to set a value for element subtotal
due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature
is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but
not in both cases.
Which field is read-only is immaterial here, it just matters that we're (unintentionally) sending an update back that involves read-only fields.
It strikes me that we'd ideally only send an update that writes to just the custom field we're interested in.
Is there any way to pull an a record from NetSuite and then update just certain fields? Or is there a way to inform SuiteTalk to just update certain fields when we call update()?
If you just want to update certain fields, only send those fields that you want updated along with the internalId. For example, to update just the memo, and a custom field on a sales order use (in python):
sales_order = soap.sales.SalesOrder(
internalId=12,
memo='I updated the memo, but I did not shoot the deputy',
customFieldList=soap.core.CustomFieldList(customField=[
soap.core.CustomString(scriptId='custbody_memo', value='I also did not shoot the deputy'),
])
)
soap.update(sales_order)
This will generate an xml that includes only the internalId, the memo, the custom body memo field. Netsuite will only update those fields included in the soap message.