Defining custom lists and fields
Many businesses will start a NetSuite implementation with the idea that you must help them make the system look just like their current ERP application. Doing that is not a good idea, since NetSuite works differently from most other ERP systems, but we can still accommodate the most important of the client’s requests with features such as custom lists and fields. We can add new custom fields either to most native records or to our custom record types. Just be sure you only do that when there is no native field to serve a given purpose and ensure the client understands they will be responsible for populating the data for each new field. NetSuite offers a range of field types, from plain text (in various lengths) to lists, numbers, dates, passwords, and more. Review the Help page called Field Type Descriptions for Custom Fields to see the full list and keep most of these in your head at all times so you’ll know how you can solve any problem...