Glossary
You should be familiar with the following terms before implementing SOAP web services integration technology.
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Type – A type is an element defined in the XML Schema. See Types for more details.
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Record Type – A NetSuite business record type, such as customer, event, or custom record, that has an entry form in the user interface. See Records in SOAP Web Services for more details.
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Search Record Type – A type that encapsulates the available search criteria for a specific NetSuite business record type. See Records in SOAP Web Services for more details.
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System – The NetSuite application.
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Client – A company with a NetSuite account that is using SOAP web services.
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Requester – The sender of a Web service request.
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Write operations – A SOAP web services operation that changes data within a NetSuite account. These include add, addList, update, updateList, delete, and deleteList operations. See SOAP Web Services Operations SOAP Web Services Operations for information on each operation.
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Read operations – A SOAP web services operation that retrieves data from a NetSuite account. These include get, getList, getAll, search, searchNext and searchMore operations. See SOAP Web Services Operations SOAP Web Services Operations for information on each operation.