Using Customization Impact Analysis

The Customization Impact Search displays customizations and any impacted customizations. For example, it shows if a field is used in a script or a search. The Customization Impact Search tool helps you understand how your customizations are impacted by changes to other customizations.

To access the Customization Quick Search:

1. From the NetSuite main menu, hover over Flashlight -> Customizations and click on Customization Impact Search Form.

2. Enter any criteria to filter the results as required.

   

3. Click Submit to run the report. Each row of the report displays a customization with the related dependencies. For example, you can see that a change to a given field in the system will have an impact on Scripts and Workflows that use the field.

   

4. Click on View to navigate to the customization record to understand the impact and the dependencies for each customizations.

Using Standard Field Impact Analysis

The standard field impact analysis tool enables you to find customizations using standard fields. The report helps you understand how your customizations are impacted by changes to standard NetSuite fields.

To access this report:

1. Open Flashlight > Tools > Standard Field Impact Analysis

   

2. You can optionally filter on the following fields:

• Customization Type: the type of Customization record that you wish to analyze
• Standard Field Script ID: the Script ID for the specific Standard Field that you wish to analyze

3. Click Run to execute your search.
   For example, you can easily understand that a change to a given field in the system has an impact on Scripts and Workflows that leverage the field.