User Interface & Customization Enhancements in NetSuite 2025.1
User Interfaces & Customization Enhancements in NetSuite 2025.1 introduces major updates, enhancing usability, accessibility, and personalization across the platform. These User Interface & Customization Enhancements modernize navigation, reporting, and customization capabilities, improving workflow efficiency and user experience.
This release includes enhancements to the Redwood Experience theme, updates to Text Enhance features, and improvements to SuiteBuilder, SuiteScript, and SuiteCloud development tools. Below are the most impactful updates in user interface (UI) and customization.
Enhancements to the Redwood Experience Theme
- What’s Changing?
- Expanded Redwood Experience UI:
- The modern Redwood Experience UI is now applied to additional pages and portlets, including:
- Analytics
- Reports
- File Cabinet
- Search Results
- Time Tracking
- New Customizable Role Colors:
- Users can now assign custom colors to user roles, making it easier to differentiate between accounts.
- Account Differentiation by Header Strip Color:
- Production, Sandbox, Release Preview, and Development accounts now have different colored header strips.
- Impact & Next Steps:
- Improves navigation and usability with a cleaner, more intuitive UI.
- Reduces confusion when working across multiple NetSuite environments.
- Businesses should train users on UI updates and customize role-based colors for better workflow visibility.
Text Enhance & AI-Powered Content Suggestions
- What’s Changing?
- Partial Text Enhance Support:
- Users can now apply Text Enhance to specific portions of text fields, rather than the entire text.
- Context-Aware AI Recommendations:
- AI-powered suggestions now improve email content, reports, and transactional messages.
- Text Enhance settings are now consolidated under AI Preferences, making it easier for admins to manage.
- Impact & Next Steps:
- Streamlines content creation and reduces manual editing time.
- Improves consistency in business communications.
- Organizations should enable AI-powered suggestions and update content guidelines accordingly.
SuiteBuilder – Customization Enhancements
- What’s Changing?
- Updated BFO Library for Advanced PDF/HTML Templates:
- The BFO library is now updated to version 1.2.10, allowing for enhanced security and embedded file support.
- Impact & Next Steps:
- Provides greater flexibility in customizing reports and documents.
- Businesses should test existing PDF/HTML templates for compatibility with the new BFO library.
SuiteCloud Development Framework (SDF) Updates
- What’s Changing?
- Changes to Audience Fields in Script Deployments & Single Page Applications (SPAs):
- Internal and external roles now appear in separate selection fields, improving access control.
- Secure Credential Storage for SuiteCloud SDK:
- Credentials are now stored using PKCS#12 encryption, improving security.
- End of Support for OAuth 1.0 in SuiteCloud SDK:
- NetSuite 2025.1 removes OAuth 1.0 support, requiring migration to OAuth 2.0 for authentication.
- Impact & Next Steps:
- Increases security by improving authentication and access control.
- Reduces risk of unauthorized API access by requiring OAuth 2.0.
- Developers should update scripts and integrations to align with the new security protocols.
SuiteScript Enhancements & API Changes
- What’s Changing?
- Removal of Ext JS Library:
- The legacy Ext JS framework is no longer supported.
- Users relying on Ext JS-based UI elements must migrate to supported frameworks.
- New Restrictions on Error Logging & Hidden Files:
- The stack property of Error instances will no longer expose hidden file paths, improving security.
- Customizable SPA Audience Settings:
- Admins can now set specific internal vs. external roles for SPAs, improving script deployment security.
- Impact & Next Steps:
- Developers must update any SuiteScripts that reference Ext JS to avoid compatibility issues.
- Enhances security by reducing exposure of sensitive file paths in error logs.
- Organizations should audit SPA and SuiteScript deployments to align with new role-based access controls.
Key Takeaways for UI & Customization Enhancements in NetSuite 2025.1
- The Redwood Experience theme is expanded, improving navigation and account differentiation.
- Text Enhance updates streamline content creation with AI-powered recommendations.
- SuiteBuilder improvements enhance PDF/HTML templates with better security and file support.
- SuiteCloud Development updates enforce stronger authentication and API security.
- SuiteScript changes require migrating away from Ext JS and updating error logging practices.
