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Permissions-Related Errors | Netsuite

In this article, learn about the various Netsuite permission-related errors and how to resolve them.

Hemanth Singanamalla avatar
Written by Hemanth Singanamalla
Updated over 4 months ago

Error: An error occured in a upsert request: You do not have permissions to set a value for element supervisorapproval due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but not in both cases.

What does this error mean?

This is a permission-related error that normally occurs when the transaction field, Supervisor Approval in Netsuite is not enabled on the transaction form used to create the transaction.

How to solve this error?

This error can be resolved by granting the necessary permissions for the transaction field, Supervisor Approval in the transaction form.

Steps to be performed,

  • Login to your Netsuite account

  • Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms

  • Search for the desired form from the list (whether an expense report form, credit card transaction form, bill form, etc)

  • Please ensure the preferred checkbox is checked on the form you are selecting

  • Edit the form

  • Go to the Screen Fields > Main tab

  • Ensure that the Show checkbox for the field is checked

Error: An error occured in a upsert request: You do not have permissions to set a value for element expense.department due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but not in both cases.

What does this error mean?

This is a permission-related error that normally occurs when the transaction field, Department in Netsuite is not enabled on the transaction form used to create the transaction.

How to solve this error?

This error can be resolved by granting the necessary permissions for the transaction field, Department in the transaction form.

Steps to be performed,

  • Login to your Netsuite account

  • Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms

  • Search for the desired form from the list (whether an expense report form, credit card transaction form, bill form, etc)

  • Please ensure the preferred checkbox is checked on the form you are selecting

  • Edit the form

  • Go to the Screen Fields > Expenses tab

  • Ensure that the Show checkbox for the field is checked

Error: An error occured in a upsert request: You do not have permissions to set a value for element expense.custcolfyle_expense_url due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but not in both cases.

What does this error mean?

This is a permission-related error that normally occurs when the transaction field, Receipt Link/Receipt URL in Netsuite is not enabled on the transaction form used to create the transaction.

How to solve this error?

This error can be resolved by granting the necessary permissions for the transaction field, Receipt Link/Receipt URL in the transaction form.

Steps to be performed,

  • Login to your Netsuite account

  • Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms

  • Search for the desired form from the list (whether an expense report form, credit card transaction form, bill form, etc)

  • Please ensure the preferred checkbox is checked on the form you are selecting

  • Edit the form

  • Go to the Screen Fields > Expenses tab

  • Ensure that the Show checkbox for the field is checked

Error: An error occured in a upsert request: You do not have permissions to set a value for element expense.category due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but not in both cases.

What does this error mean?

This is a permission-related error that normally occurs when the transaction field, Category in Netsuite is not enabled on the transaction form used to create the transaction.

How to solve this error?

This error can be resolved by granting the necessary permissions for the transaction field, Category in the transaction form.

Steps to be performed,

  • Login to your Netsuite account

  • Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms

  • Search for the desired form from the list (whether an expense report form, credit card transaction form, bill form, etc)

  • Please ensure the preferred checkbox is checked on the form you are selecting

  • Edit the form

  • Go to the Screen Fields > Expenses tab

  • Ensure that the Show checkbox for the field is checked

Error: An error occured in a upsert request: You do not have permissions to set a value for element expense.amount due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but not in both cases.

What does this error mean?

This is a permission-related error that normally occurs when the transaction field, Amount in Netsuite is not enabled on the transaction form used to create the transaction.

How to solve this error?

This error can be resolved by granting the necessary permissions for the transaction field, Amount in the transaction form.

Steps to be performed,

  • Login to your Netsuite account

  • Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms

  • Search for the desired form from the list (whether an expense report form, credit card transaction form, bill form, etc)

  • Please ensure the preferred checkbox is checked on the form you are selecting

  • Edit the form

  • Go to the Screen Fields > Expenses tab

  • Ensure that the Show checkbox for the field is checked


Error: You do not have permissions to set a value for element expense.foreignamount due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but not in both cases.

What does this error mean?

This is a permission-related error that normally occurs when the transaction field, Foreign Amount in Netsuite is not enabled on the transaction form used to create the transaction.

How to solve this error?

This error can be resolved by granting the necessary permissions for the transaction field, Foreign Amount in the transaction form.

Steps to be performed,

  • Login to your Netsuite account

  • Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms

  • Search for the desired form from the list (whether an expense report form, credit card transaction form, bill form, etc)

  • Please ensure the preferred checkbox is checked on the form you are selecting

  • Edit the form

  • Go to the Screen Fields > Expenses tab

  • Ensure that the Show checkbox for the field is checked

Error: An error occured in a upsert request: You do not have permissions to set a value for element acctcorpcardexp due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but not in both cases.

What does this error mean?

This is a permission-related error that normally occurs when the transaction field, Account for Corporate Card Expenses in Netsuite is not enabled on the transaction form used to create the transaction.

How to solve this error?

This error can be resolved by granting the necessary permissions for the transaction field, Account for Corporate Card Expenses in the transaction form.

Steps to be performed,

  • Login to your Netsuite account

  • Navigate to Customization > Forms > Transaction Forms

  • Search for the desired form from the list (whether an expense report form, credit card transaction form, bill form, etc)

  • Please ensure the preferred checkbox is checked on the form you are selecting

  • Edit the form

  • Go to the Screen Fields > Main tab

  • Ensure that the Show checkbox for the field is checked

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