How to Get Custom List Item Text Value in NetSuite SuiteScript 1.0

To retrieve the literal text value of a custom list item when its internal ID is recorded on a NetSuite record, SuiteScript 1.0 functions such as nlapiSearchRecord and nlapiLookupField utilize 'name' as the column identifier for the text value.

For instance, when using nlapiLookupField to fetch the text value of a custom list item:

javascript
var customListItemText = nlapiLookupField('recordtype', recordId, 'customlistfieldid.name');

When performing a search with nlapiSearchRecord and requiring the text value of a custom list item, include a search column referencing the custom list field's 'name':

javascript
var columns = [
    new nlobjSearchColumn('customlistfieldid'),
    new nlobjSearchColumn('customlistfieldid.name')
];
var searchResults = nlapiSearchRecord('recordtype', null, null, columns);
// To access the text value from a search result:
// var textValue = searchResults[0].getValue('customlistfieldid.name');

It is important to note that nlapiSearchRecord and nlapiLookupField are functions within the legacy SuiteScript 1.0 API. While the method of using 'name' to retrieve the text value is accurate for SuiteScript 1.0, NetSuite's current development standard is SuiteScript 2.x, which employs different functions for similar data retrieval tasks.