Use different approaches to interact with records in SuiteScript

Question 1

Which module can we use to merge or delete duplicate records?

Answer 1

N/task can be used to merge or delete duplicate records.

N/task

Question 2

The task.EntityDeduplicationTask object includes the following 4 properties:

◦ entity type
◦ dedupeMode
◦ masterSelectionMode
◦ masterRecordId

What information do they contain?

Answer 2

◦ entity type: type of entity record
◦ dedupeMode: Whether to Merge or Delete
◦ masterSelectionMode: sets how the master record is decided, if masterSelectionMode is SELECT_BY_ID task.masterSelectionMode
◦ masterRecordId: The ID of the master record

task.EntityDeduplicationTask

Question 3

How can we find duplicates using the N/search module?

Answer 3

The search.duplicates(options) function

search.duplicates

Question 4

How many records can be submitted in a single merge using the N/task module?

Answer 4

Up to 200 records

Question 5

What record type is the only one available for merging?

Answer 5

You can only merge entity records

Question 6

What permission do you need to have FULL permissions for in order to merge?

Answer 6

The Duplicate Record Management permission

task.EntityDeduplicationTask

Question 7

The N/datasetLink module is used to link datasets, but why might this be useful?

Answer 7

Workbooks can use data from both datasets when they are linked

N/datasetLink