Learn how to take an automated approach to enterprise integration of NetSuite software-as-a-service to avoid the heavy coding and higher cost of hand coding.
NetSuite offers stellar Software as a Service (SaaS) products for accounting, operations, cloud relationship management (CRM), and eCommerce. It enables interdepartmental coordination by uniting accounting, sales, and support with on a single interface. However, teams face difficulties when the cloud-based solution needs to be connected with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), CRM or other e-commerce applications. There are so many features to extend the NetSuite functionalities yet users face several issues while integrating it with third-party applications. The application is cloud-based with a differentiated architecture and teams face challenges while integrating it with on-premise legacy applications. Overcoming hybrid world challenges with the archaic coding approach is difficult.
There are a lot of disadvantages of integrating NetSuite with this approach:
NetSuite needs to work in tandem with many other legacy and on-premise applications. While integrating NetSuite with other applications it is important to consider many other factors, i.e., team structures, code bases, architectures, etc. Many organizations still view development with a binary approach where one code is developed and thrown to maintenance team which has a different perspective of integration. NetSuite offers SuiteConnect for integrating NetSuite with enterprise applications. But the set of connectors are limited and make it difficult to integrate with other applications.
To understand the complexity we can take a use case where users needed to write several lines of code just for bringing data from other applications:
In this use case, we will discuss Integrating Salesforce with NetSuite using Java Code (Manual Approach).
Step 2: Add NetSuite remote URL.
Step 3: Create a Script in NetSuite.
Step 4: Go to Document → Files → SuiteScripts → Manual Script.
Step 5: Create the JavaScript to add a new customer:
Step 6: Click “Add File” to add a new script.
Step 7: Click Customization → Scripting → Scripts → New.
Step 8: Select type. Name the created script.
Step 9: Click Save.
A URL is generated that can be used as an endpoint in Salesforce.
Step 10: Click Add Authentication Request, Use Rest call in Salesforce for data transfer (the endpoint will be different for different use cases).
Step 11: Fetch the internal id of customer records in NetSuite and save it in a custom field for future updates.
Step 12: Write batch classes in Salesforce to call the aforementioned function whenever a new account is created.
There are several dynamic scale and failover issues associated with integrating NetSuite with this approach. This point-to-point coding is complex and problems further expand when organizations have innumerable legacy systems on-premise. The codes should be developed again and again and operations team need to certify them. Several problems resurface when any one connection is moved or updated. Therefore, organizations should have an integration strategy in place for harnessing more power out of NetSuite and similar SaaS-based applications.
A viable solution for NetSuite integration is an automated NetSuite integration tool which marshals technologies in an order and allows teams to integrate cloud and on-premise applications. Here are some of the benefits that come along with it:
Automation helps teams circumvent the fallacies of spaghetti coding. Advanced tools like Adeptia offer any-to-any integration support to allow NetSuite users achieve 200 times more deployments, 30 times faster recovery, lower failure rate, and 40 times more scalability.
Users can replace complex coding effort with simple steps for NetSuite Integration.
In this way, normal business users can break down the silos and move NetSuite data with minimum friction. On the other hand, NetSuite integration with a hand-coded approach is brittle and fails to achieve the real purpose. With automation, organizations can set up a future-ready infrastructure that is agile, responsive, secure, and reusable.
