Setting the Internal ID Preference
NetSuite can be configured to show internal ID values in the UI. This behavior can be useful during development of your SOAP web services integration. Displaying internal IDs helps verify that SOAP requests target the correct records.
The Show Internal IDs field requires one of the following features to be enabled on your account: Client SuiteScript, Server SuiteScript, SuiteScript Server Pages, SuiteFlow, or Web Services (on the SuiteCloud tab) or Advanced Site Customization or SuiteCommerce Advanced (on the Web Presence tab). For more information, see Enabling Features.
To display internal ID values:
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Go to Home > Set Preferences. The General subtab is displayed by default.
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In the Defaults section, click Show Internal IDs.
Enabling this preference adds Internal ID to most list views. For example, when you go to List > Relationships > Customers, the second column is Internal ID.
Changes to this preference affect only the current user.
You can also find the internal ID in the record's URL. For instance, a record's URL might look like this: https://webservices.netsuite.com/app/common/entity/custjob.nl?id=272. In this example, the internal ID is 272.