General Tips & Tricks for Global Search:

 

 

 

In Global Search, using the following:   (Alt+G to bring up global search)

  • % – Wildcard – To find anything before or after a character set (Ex. ‘cu: John%’)
  • _ – Underscore – Same as wildcard but for a single character
  • ^ – (Shift 6) – If put in the beginning will open a new window
  • :: – Putting an extra colon between the shorthand prefix and the search will open in a new window as well (Ex. in::115%)
  • + – Shows inactive records
  • Performance
    • Avoid the following when you can:
      • “Contains”
        • Use “Starts with” or “Has keywords” they are much more efficient
  • Shorthand prefix record types to use in Search:
    • se: – Saved Search
    • pa: -Page
    • sa: – Sales Order
    • pu: – Purchase order
    • it: – Item
    • em: – Employee
    • co: – Contact
    • cu: – Customer
    • le: – Lead
    • pa: – Partner
    • pr: – Prospect
    • ve: – Vendor
    • fi: – File
    • op: – Opportunity
    • a: – Assembly Build
    • bi: – Bill, bill credit and bill payments
    • cash:- Cash Sale and Cash Refund
    • ch: – Check
    • invo:- Invoice
    • jo: – Journal
  • Quick Nav to NetSuite Pages
    Unsure how to navigate to a certain menu option? Simply type page: followed with the keyword search string in the Global Search field.

    • EXAMPLE
      Search page:approve to return a list of NetSuite pages beginning regarding approvals, such as Approve Bills, Approve Invoices, Approve Time, et al.