Netsuite Script Usage Limits and How to deal with that?

Hi All,

Today we are going to learn about usage and its limit.In Netsuite , processing large data or making report some times throw limit exceed error.
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What is Usage? 

In Netsuite , there are records, custom records, list , etc which are object and has some worth to load that object or say get value of that particular object.
Now there are many operations likes nlapiLoadRecord, nlapiSearchRecord etc etc in Netsuite which cost some value, 
Consider it as single penny as one Usage , every operation required some penny as cost.

For Example ,

nlapiSearchRecord operation cost 10 units usage, 

and
nlapiLoadRecord cost 10 for standard transaction records, 5 for non transaction standard

record and 2 unit when used for custom record.

Now Lets say below script has 10 record then calculate total number of usage script 

will need?

function executeSearch() { var rec = ''; var searchresults = nlapiSearchRecord( 'customer', null, null, null );//10 units

 if(searchresults)

{

for ( var i = 0; i < searchresults.length; i++) { var record = nlapiLoadRecord(searchresults[i].getRecordType(), searchresults[i].getId() );//10*5=50 units rec = rec + record.getRecordType() ; rec = rec + ' -Record ID = ' + record.getId(); }

}

 nlapiSendEmail(111, 111, 'customerRecordLoaded', rec, null); // 10 units }

Answer:

70 Units

How to Calculate Usage?

To calculate we have to see  operations and on which objects transactions, non transactions or custom records.

Below is the list : 

API Name		Units	Record Type
nlapiDeleteFile		20	ALL
nlapiInitiateWorkflow		20	AL
nlapiScheduleScript		20	ALL
nlapiTriggerWorkflow		20	ALL
nlapiSubmitConfiguration		20	All
nlapiSubmitFile		20	All
nlobjEmailMerger.merge()		20	All

 nlapiDeleteRecord - 20 on transaction , 10 on non transaction and 4 on custom record.

nlapiSubmitRecord - 20 on transaction , 10 on non transaction and 4 on custom record 

nlapiAttachRecord	10	All
nlapiDetachRecord	10	All
nlapiExchangeRate	10	All
nlapiGetLogin	10	All
nlapiLoadConfiguration	10	All
nlapiLoadFile	10	All
nlapiMergeRecord	10	All
nlapiRequestURL	10	All
nlapiRequestURLWithCredentials	10	All
nlapiSearchGlobal	10	All
nlapiSearchRecord	10	All
nlapiSendCampaignEmail	10	All
nlapiSendEmail	10	All
nlapiVoidTransaction	10	All
nlapiXMLToPDF	10	All
	10	All
nlobjSearchResultSet.getResults	10	All
nlobjSearchResultSet.forEachResult	10	All
nlapiAttachRecord	10	All
nlapiDetachRecord	10	All
nlapiExchangeRate	10	All
nlapiGetLogin	10	All
nlapiLoadConfiguration	10	All
nlapiLoadFile	10	All
nlapiMergeRecord	10	All
nlapiRequestURL	10	All
nlapiRequestURLWithCredentials	10	All
nlapiSearchGlobal	10	All
nlapiSearchRecord	10	All
nlapiSendCampaignEmail	10	All
nlapiSendEmail	10	All
nlapiVoidTransaction	10	All
nlapiXMLToPDF	10	All
	10	All
nlobjSearchResultSet.getResults	10	All
nlobjSearchResultSet.forEachResult	10	All

nlapiCreateRecord	10,5,2	Transaction, Non Transaction, Custom
nlapiCopyRecord	10,5,2	Transaction, Non Transaction, Custom
nlapiLookupField	10,5,2	Transaction, Non Transaction, Custom
nlapiLoadRecord	10,5,2	Transaction, Non Transaction, Custom
nlapiSubmitField	10,5,2	Transaction, Non Transaction, Custom
nlapiTransformRecord	10,5,2	Transaction, Non Transaction, Custom

nlapiLoadSearch	5	ALL
nlobjJobManager.getFuture	5	ALL
nlobjSearch.saveSearch	5	ALL

nlapiSetRecoveryPoint	100	All
nlapiSubmitCSVImport	100		All
nlobjJobManager.submit	100	All

 Also Scripts are allowed to use certain usage only, so lets say we gave some penny to every scripts, every scripts should only spend the maximum possible penny/usage.

1. Schedule Script: 10,000 Units

2. User Event Script: 1,000 Units.

3. Client Script: 1,000 Units

4. Suitelet: 1,000 Units

5.Restlet: 5,000 Units

6.Portlet Scripts : 1,000
7. Mass Update Scripts: 1,000 units per record.

8. Bundle Installation Scripts: 10,000 units
9. Workflow Action Scripts - 1,000 units

Now if we are writing User Event then we have to write our code and keep usage below 1,000 units.
If we are writing Schedule Script then we have to write a code to keep usage below 5000 units.
So units and usage depends on Script and what operation we are doing, searching record , updating record etc.

Thanks

Abhishek