This article reviews how to establish a connection to NetSuite in Accounting Link Online.

The components needed to connect Accounting Link Online and NetSuite are outlined below:

• Account Id: This is the unique Id of the NetSuite account. 
• Consumer Key: A unique key provided when the integration record is created.
• Consumer Secret: A secret or password provided with the consumer key when the integration record is created. 
• Access Token: A unique token provided when the Access Token is created. 
• Access Token Secret: A secret or password provided with the Access Token when the Access Token is created. 
• Subsidiary Internal Id: The Unique ID associated with the NetSuite Subsidiary you'd like to connect to.

To get the credentials outlined above, you'll need to...

• Enable SuiteCloud Features in NetSuite
• Enable Payment Processing Features
• Create an Integration record
• Create a role and assign it to a User
• Create an Access Token for the Integration record, User, and Role

Step 1. Set Preferences

In NetSuite, navigate to the Home icon >> Set Preferences

Check the box to 'Show Internal IDS' and click 'Save.'

Step 2. Enable SuiteCloud Features

In NetSuite, navigate to Setup >> Company >> Enable Features >> Suite Cloud >> Manage Authentification 

Verify the following Features are enabled (see checked boxes)

SuiteBuilder

SuiteScript

SuiteFlow

SuiteGL

SuiteTalk (Web Services) 

Manage Authentication 

SuiteCloud Development Framework 

Step 3. Enabling Payment Processing Features

In NetSuite, navigate to Setup >> Company >> Enable Features >> Transactions.

Verify that the following boxes are checked under the Payment Processing section. 

Of note: Payment Instruments must be enabled to populate the payment method on the payment and to display the reference number within the deposit list in NetSuite. 

Step 4. Creating an Integration Record

In NetSuite, navigate to Setup >> Integrations >> Manage Integrations

Click 'New'

Set the name to 'Accounting Link Online'

Enter the concurrency limit you want to allocate to the integration. (**Must be greater than or equal to 1**)

CHECK 

• TOKEN BASED-AUTHENTIFICATION

UNCHECK 

• TBA: ISSUE TOKEN ENDPOINT
• TBA: AUTHORIZATION FLOW
• AUTHORIZATION CODE GRANT 

Save the integration record. 

Step 5. Creating a Role

In NetSuite, navigate to Setup >> Users/Roles >> Manage Roles >> New

Create a role named 'Accounting Link Online'

In the Subsidiary Restrictions section, choose the 'Selected' option, and highlight which subsidiary you would like the integration to have access to.

In the Authentication section, check the box for 'Web Services Only Role'.

Within the Permissions tab, there are sub-tabs that dictate what Accounting Link has access to (Transactions, Reports, Lists, etc.). Update the permissions and levels in each tab to match below. 

Transactions 

Reports

Lists

Setup 

Step 6. Creating A User

In NetSuite, navigate to Lists >> Employees >> New Employee. Add an Employee with the following information:  

• Employee Name: Accounting Link Online
• Initials: ALO
• Email: Choose an email that you and your team have access to
• Subsidiary: The Company you want Accounting Link to have access to 
• Access: Check 'Give Access' 

Assign the Accounting Link Online Role that was created in the previous section.

Create the User.

Step 7. Create an Access Token for the Integration Record, User, and Role

In NetSuite, navigate to Setup >> Users/Roles >> Access Tokens >> New

Select the Integration Record, User, and Role created in the previous steps. The Access Token and Access Token Secret will be displayed after clicking 'Save.' 
 

Step 8. Locate your Account Id

In NetSuite, navigate to Setup >> Company >> Company Information. 

On the right side of the page, under the Time Zone, the ACCOUNT ID is listed. 

Step 9. Locating your Subsidiary Internal Id

In NetSuite, navigate to Setup >> Company >> Subsidiaries.

Within the Subsidiary record (select a subsidiary to view the details), locate the Internal ID. The internal ID will consist of a short numeric value.