SuiteQL Metadata vs SuiteCloud XML
Choose SuiteQL analytics metadata or SuiteCloud SDF XML for custom-record field definitions—and avoid treating them as interchangeable schemas.
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Import a Custom Record With SuiteCloud SDF
Import a NetSuite custom record type into an SDF project with SuiteCloud CLI and understand how customrecordcustomfields appear in the generated XML definition.