Portlet Script 2.0

Highlights

• The objective of the Portlets 2.0 course is to make aspirants understand about Usage of Portlet Scripts 2.0 and sample program to create Portlet 2.0.

• This Course will help you to grow your career as NetSuite Functional and NetSuite Technical Consultant.

• If you are IT professionals, System Administrator, ERP domain and Cloud Developer, Portlets will help you to become NetSuite Administrator, NetSuite Functional and NetSuite Technical Consultant.

Topics Covered

• Usage of Portlet Scripts 2.0

• Sample program to create Portlet 2.0

Portlet Script Overview​

• Portlet scripts can be used to define and publish custom dashboard content.​

Types of Portlet​

The Portlet types that are available in scripting are:​

• Simple Form​

• Inline HTML​

• Links and Indents​

• Simple List​

Portlet Script Execution

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• When writing portlet scripts, NetSuite automatically passes two arguments to your user-defined function. ​

• These arguments are​

• portlet ​

• column (optional)​

Portlet Script In NetSuite​

​Create a JavaScript file for your portlet script.​​

2. Load the file into NetSuite. ​​

3. Create a Script record. ​​

4. Define all runtime options on the Script Deployment page.​

Portlet Scripts On Dashboard​

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1. Go to your dashboard and click the Personalize Dashboard link.​

2. Click one of the Custom Portlet links under the Standard Content folder. An empty Custom Content portlet appears on your dashboard.​​

3. Hover over the Portlet Setup arrow and click Set Up. ​

4. In the Set Up Scripted Content popup, select the desired portlet script from the Source drop-down list, and then click Save. ​

5. The portlet will populate with data as defined in your portlet script. ​

Portlet scripts can be used to define and publish custom dashboard content. The following portlet types can be created:

• LIST - A standard list of user-defined column headers and rows (for example a Search Results portlets). See List Portlet for an example of a list portlet.

• FORM - A basic data entry form with up to one submit button embedded into a portlet (for example a Quickadd portlet). This type of portlet supports APIs to refresh and resize the portlet, as well as the use of record-level client-side script to implement validation. See Form-level and Record-level Client Scripts for details about this type of script. See Form Portlet for an example of a form portlet.

• HTML - An HTML-based portlet, the most flexible presentation format used to display free-form HTML (images, Flash, custom HTML). See HTML Portlet for an example of an HTML portlet.

• LINKS - This default portlet consists of rows of formatted content (for example an RSS portlet). See Links Portlet for an example of a links portlet.