SuiteTalk (Web Services) Platform Guide - NetSuite

Web Services OperationsgetSelectValue181Paginating Select ValuesThe first call to getSelectValue returns the total number of select values for the specified field. Ifyou choose, you can return a subset of those values by specifying a pageIndex number in therequest.Note: To define a page size, set the pageSize element in the SearchPreference type (seeSetting Search Preferences). The value must be greater than 10 and less than thesystem-defined maximum of 1000. If the number of select values exceeds the pagesize, the remaining results must be retrieved in subsequent calls getSelectValuewith a new pageIndex value.Filtering Select Value TextTo help end users more easily pick from a long list of select values, you can use the contains,startsWith, or is search operators to filter the results returned by getSelectValue. The filterelement in the GetSelectValueFieldDescription object allows you to set the operator type inyour request.This figure shows the UI equivalent of filtering a list of select values based on the containssearch operator. Of the hundreds of possible select values, only two containing the string“Adam” are returned.SuiteTalk Platform Guide