Linking Custom Transaction Forms

A specific transaction form can be used in SuiteCloud Development Framework (SDF) when one transaction is transformed into another transaction. For the list of valid transformations, see Supported Transformation Types.

You can control which custom transaction form is used by defining the linkedForms element on a transactionForm SDF custom object. The linkedForms element corresponds to the Linked Forms subtab in the NetSuite UI.

Linking transaction forms as chains is a way to mirror your business workflow. For information about linking transaction forms in NetSuite, see Linking Transaction Forms.

To link custom transaction forms in SDF, specify the following fields for each linkedForm field group:

form - specifies the form, which can be one of the following:
- A standard transaction form. For example:
```
                  <form>STANDARDPURCHASEORDER</form> 

                
```
  For a list of possible values, see transactionform_standard.
- A reference to the script ID for a custom transaction form. For example:
```
                  <form>[scriptid=custform_purchaseorder1]</form> 

                
```
type - specifies the transaction type for the form, which can be one of the following:
- The transaction type for the custom transaction form. For example:
```
                  <type>PURCHASE_ORDER_VENDOR_RETURN_AUTHORIZATION_TRANSACTION</type> 

                
```
  For a list of possible values, see transactionform_trantype.
- A reference to the script ID for a custom transaction type. For example:
```
                  <type>[scriptid=custtransaction_purchase1]</type> 

                
```
  For information about the available fields a custom transaction type, see customtransactiontype.

The following code sample defines linked transaction forms in a custom purchase order:

          <transactionForm scriptid="custform_10336" standard="STANDARDPURCHASEORDER">

  <name>Custom Purchase Order</name>

  <recordType>PURCHASEORDER</recordType>

...

<linkedForms>

    <linkedForm>

        <type>PURCHASE_ORDER_VENDOR_RETURN_AUTHORIZATION_TRANSACTION</type>

        <form>STANDARDPURCHASEORDER</form>

    </linkedForm>

    <linkedForm>

        <type>PURCHASE_ORDER_ITEM_RECEIPT_TRANSACTION</type>

        <form>[scriptid=custform_purchaseorder1]</form>

    </linkedForm>

</linkedForms>



</transactionForm>

The preceding code sample defines a linkedForms field group that specifies NetSuite to:

Use the STANDARDPURCHASEORDER standard transaction form when converting a PURCHASEORDER transaction to a PURCHASE_ORDER_VENDOR_RETURN_AUTHORIZATION_TRANSACTION transaction.
Use the custform_purchaseorder1 custom transaction form when converting a PURCHASEORDER transaction to a PURCHASE_ORDER_ITEM_RECEIPT_TRANSACTION transaction.

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