NetSuite Customizable Columns provide users with greater flexibility to add, rearrange, and remove columns visible on the Pay Vendor Bills page, to better personalize the payment run experience. Columns can be customized on both the Open Bills tab and the Failed Bills tab of the Pay Vendor Bills page. Users have the option of selecting standard fields on the Bill and Vendor record, alongside any custom Transaction Body Fields on the Bill record to be added as a column.

All customizations made are saved on the user level. Any customizations a user makes will not affect the Pay Vendor Bills page for other users. 

The customization page is accessible from the 

 button while viewing the Open Bills tab, it will take you to the 

 page. Here, you can add, rearrange, or remove columns that are displayed on the Open Bills tab of the Pay Vendor Bills page.

By default, the Columns sub-tab appears first.

Customize: Pay Vendor Bills - Failed Bills

 pages, users can see two main sections: Available Columns, Selected Columns.

The Available Columns section located on the left half of the screen allows the user to do the following:

This feature allows users to choose from the standard fields available on both the Bill and Vendor records to display and rearrange as columns on the 

 page. Additionally, users are also able to choose any custom fields available on the Bill record, but NOT any custom fields available on the Vendor record.

The Selected Columns section is located on the right half of the screen. Here, users can do the following:

To make customizations to columns on the Open Bills tab of the 

To make customizations to columns on the Failled Bills tab of the 

 section of the page, begin typing in the Search bar to find the column of your choice, or scroll through the full list to see what column options are available.

 section. This will place it in the highest possible position within the 

 section, which is third, just below the columns for 

, as these two columns cannot be repositioned. You can utilize the arrows at the top right to further adjust the column's placement.

 button. It will prompt you to confirm that you wish to remove this column. Upon clicking 

When you are happy with your changes, click 

 at the bottom of the screen to save your customizations. You may either return to the 

 or you may remain on the current page by clicking 

 page will now reflect column customizations.

To reset your columns back to default, click on the 

A dialog box will appear, prompting you to confirm whether you really want to reset your column customizations back to default. Click on 

, all column customizations including any additions, rearrangements, and removals have been reset to the default selection and position of columns. You may continue to make more changes from here, or click 

 for a user to fully access and make customizations to columns and filters:

After updating the plugin, a NetSuite Administrator is required to grant employees permissions to the 

 Suitelet script in order for employees to access the page where the “Customize” button is located, as well as the 

 Suitelet script in order for the “Customize” button to work. 

Suitelet script permissions can be accessed by navigating to 

 sub-tab, select the appropriate employees, departments, and roles to which you would like to assign permissions. Then, click 

Without enabling a user permissions to the 

 script, a user who clicks the “Customize” button on the Pay Vendor Bills page will be directed to an error page, stating “

You do not have privileges to view this page”

There are two types of users that are required to use the plugin:

To configure the appropriate role, navigate to 

 for the existing role you would like to setup, or click 

See below for the minimum permissions required for each type of role:

A NetSuite Administrator will also need to grant users permissions to 

 so the Customize page can pull in Subsidiaries and any custom fields available on the Bill record.

. Click “Edit” beside the role of choice.

Click on the drop-down in the last row of the Permissions table. Scroll through the list, or begin typing to find the following permission: 

. Click on the drop-down in the last row of the Permissions table. Scroll through the list, or begin typing to find the following permission:

) permissions are not granted to a Role, the 

 page will be stuck on loading and the NetSuite Administrator will receive an email titled “SuiteScript Error Summary” or “A User Error has Occurred” that highlights where the error occurred, which user(s) experienced it, and the cause.

The NetSuite Administrator will also receive a similar email notification when a user who is not granted permissions for 

adds and saves the 'Subsidiary' column to their Selected Columns list. The user will see that their 

Why can’t I choose from Custom Entity Fields on the Vendor record?

Can I make customizations to columns on any of these pages: Payments History, Positive Pay, Positive Pay History, Balances & Transactions?

Do customizations I make to the Pay Vendor Bills page impact anyone else?

Do any customizations I make on the Open Bills tab of the Pay Vendor Bills page impact what I see on the Failed Bills tab?

Why am I not able to remove or rearrange certain columns from my Selected Columns list?

Why is the Pay Vendor Bills page stuck loading?

Why do I need to grant or be granted access to the User Customization Suitelet script?

Why do I need to grant or be granted access to the NetSuite User/Role Permission: Custom Fields (Level: View

Why do I need to grant or be granted access to the NetSuite User/Role Permission: Subsidiaries (Level: View)?

Learn how to use the Customizable Columns feature in NetSuite by updating to bundle version 2023.9.0. Find detailed instructions on updating your NetSuite bundle in the document "Updating the Bundle (NetSuite)".

Customizing Columns (NetSuite)