Available Context Values

The following table summarizes possible context values for data changes.

Context

Change Initiated Through

Corresponding Help Topic

Bulk Processing

Any of the pages in the user interface that let you mark multiple records for simultaneous processing. Such pages include the Authorize Commissions page (at Transactions > Commissions > Authorize Employee Commissions) and the Mark Work Orders Built page (at Transactions > Manufacturing > Mark Work Orders Built).

Campaign Response

A campaign response

Tracking Campaign Responses

CSV

The CSV Import Assistant

CSV Imports Overview

Mass Update

The utility at Lists > Mass Update > Mass Updates

Mass Updates

Mobile

The mobile interface. However, not all changes initiated through the mobile interface have this context label. For details, see Some Contexts Occur Within Other Contexts.

Scheduled Workflow

A workflow configured to run at a specific time or interval.

See also Workflow.

Initiating a Workflow on a Schedule

Script (Client)

A script that runs in the browser

SuiteScript 2.x Client Script Type

Script (Mass Update)

A script that initiates a Mass Update

SuiteScript 2.x Mass Update Script Type

Script (Portlet)

A script rendered in the NetSuite dashboard

SuiteScript 2.x Portlet Script Type

Script (RESTlet)

A script invoked by an HTTP request to a system-generated URL

SuiteScript 2.x RESTlet Script Type

Script (Scheduled)

A script configured to run at a specific time or interval

SuiteScript 2.x Scheduled Script Type

Script (SSP Application)

A script implemented using the SuiteScript Server Pages feature

SSP Application Overview

Script (Suitelet)

A script that operates in a request-response model using extensions of the SuiteScript API

SuiteScript 2.x Suitelet Script Type

Script (User Event)

A script triggered by an action performed on a record

SuiteScript 2.x User Event Script Type

Script (Workflow Action)

A script invoked as a custom action from a workflow state

SuiteScript 2.x Workflow Action Script Type

UI

The user interface. However, not all changes initiated through the user interface have this context label. For details, see Some Contexts Occur Within Other Contexts.

SOAP Web Services

A SOAP web services request

SuiteTalk SOAP Web Services Platform Overview

Web Store

A SuiteCommerce website

Commerce Product Overview

Workflow

A SuiteFlow workflow that occurs asynchronously. Examples include workflows initiated by SuiteScript and workflows invoked because they're subscribed to other records.

If a workflow is triggered synchronously, by an event, the resulting changes generally share the same context as the triggering event. For examples, see Related Changes May Share a Single Context.

Changes made by scheduled workflows have a context of Scheduled Workflow.

Subscribe To Record Action

Related Topics

General Notices