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Multi-regional NetSuite operations require careful timezone management for scheduled exports. You need to ensure exports run at intended local times, distribute API usage across regions, and align with different subsidiary business operations and reporting cycles.
Here’s how to configure robust timezone management that handles complex multi-regional data synchronization automatically.
Manage timezones automatically with regional distribution
Coefficient provides robust timezone management for NetSuite scheduled exports, with user-based timezone scheduling and support for distributing exports across different regions. The system ensures scheduled exports run at intended local times regardless of NetSuite server location while optimizing API usage globally.
How to make it work
Step 1. Set up user-based timezone scheduling.
Scheduling is automatically based on the timezone of the user who created the scheduled task, ensuring consistent timing regardless of NetSuite server location. This eliminates complex timezone calculations and ensures exports run at the intended local time for each region or subsidiary.
Step 2. Implement regional distribution strategies.
Schedule exports during off-peak hours in each region to avoid API rate limits and optimize NetSuite performance. Configure exports to complete before business hours begin in each region, and align export timing with specific subsidiary business operations and reporting needs.
Step 3. Handle data timestamps and incremental sync timing.
NetSuite records maintain timestamps in the account’s primary timezone, but the system handles timezone conversion automatically. Date/Time fields are imported as Date only with proper timezone handling, and you can use timezone-aware date filtering in SuiteQL queries for accurate incremental updates across regions.
Step 4. Optimize for global operations.
Use staggered scheduling to distribute multiple regional exports across different hours, optimizing API usage and system performance. Align scheduling with regional reporting cycles and business requirements, and account for timezone differences in error notification and recovery processes.
Simplify global scheduling with automatic timezone handling
Complex timezone management for multi-regional NetSuite operations becomes simple when you use tools that handle the complexity automatically. Focus on your global data needs instead of timezone calculations. Set up global scheduling with transparent timezone control.
