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NetSuite Integration
Manage Netsuite with Nue CPQ
5 min
if you are using nue for cpq and lifecycle management, our netsuite connector ensures a direct integration to netsuite for syncing sales orders only it is designed specifically for customers who use nue lifecycle manager (cpq) with netsuite as their downstream system of record, but who are not relying on nue billing for invoicing the result is a predictable, auditable, and finance‑friendly order sync pattern that aligns with how netsuite customers expect to manage sales orders and revenue arrangements we will first walk through the purpose and overview of the data flow of this integration and then walk through how to setup this integration overview purpose the purpose of this integration is to provide a clean, opinionated bridge between nue lifecycle manager (cpq) and netsuite sales orders, without introducing billing complexity orders are synced 1 1 to sales orders in netsuite thereby making every commercial change in nue visible as its own netsuite transaction , in a way that matches how finance teams already reason about contracts new orders, positive change orders, and renewals each create a new sales order; negative change orders create a return authorization no existing netsuite sales orders are ever updated in place this guarantees a predictable, auditable chain of original order → changes → renewals, with each transaction independently traceable but linked back to the same underlying contract, simplifying reconciliations, revenue arrangements, and downstream reporting data model nue's netsuite connector for nue cpq and lifecycle manager supports the synchronization of the following objects nue object netsuite object direction customer customer one direction sync from nue to netsuite product item one direction sync from nue to netsuite order sales order one direction sync from nue to netsuite (sent at order activation) please note as this integration is a one direction sync from nue to netsuite of customer, products and orders, no invoices are sent subsequently, no payment information will sync back to nue as well the diagram below illustrates the synchronization flow note that products are stored in salesforce but are synchronized to netsuite using nue’s graphql queries, which are automatically routed to salesforce to fetch the required data docid 13ffc055909e0975ab7a14e4bae04b80ca0edcb2 docid 13ffc055909e0975ab7a14e4bae04b80ca0edcb2 scenarios the netsuite connector for nue cpq + lifecycle manager supports the following business scenarios let’s take a closer look at these common use cases sync customers sync customers to netsuite upon order activation sync products sync products to netsuite upon order activation new orders sync new nue orders to netsuite by creating a dedicated sales order in netsuite for each activated order, establishing the original contract and its revenue arrangement anchor positive change orders sync upsells and other positive change orders to netsuite by creating new sales orders that capture only the incremental changes, without modifying prior orders negative change orders sync downgrades and other negative change orders to netsuite by creating return authorizations that represent the credited value while preserving the original sales orders renewal orders sync renewal orders to netsuite by generating new sales orders for renewed terms, keeping the original orders intact and maintaining a clear contract history
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