Connect to the NetSuite API with Parabola

Learn how to connect NetSuite with Parabola via its API, along with practical use cases the connection allows for.
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Ben Pollack
Last updated:
May 29, 2025

NetSuite's API gives you direct access to your enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business operations data. By pulling NetSuite data into Parabola, you can create smarter, more efficient processes for managing your financial, inventory, and customer operations.

How to pull data from NetSuite into Parabola via API

  1. Connect your NetSuite account to Parabola through the API page
  2. Authenticate using your credentials and configure API permissions
  3. Select desired data streams (financial data, inventory records, customer information, etc.)
  4. Configure your flow in Parabola by adding transformation steps
  5. Set up automated triggers for real-time data processing

What can I do after connecting Parabola to NetSuite?

Financial Management

Access comprehensive financial data to streamline your accounting processes. The API provides detailed insights into your financial operations, helping you maintain accurate records and make informed business decisions.

Essential financial data includes:
• General ledger entries
• Accounts payable/receivable
• Financial statements
• Transaction records

Inventory Control

Monitor and analyze your inventory operations with real-time access to stock levels and movement data. Track inventory across multiple locations and maintain optimal stock levels for your business.

Key inventory metrics available:
• Stock levels and locations
• Item movement history
• Reorder points
• Supply chain status

Customer Relationship Management

Transform your customer data into actionable insights about your business relationships. Analyze customer interactions, sales history, and account status to improve service and drive growth.

Track important metrics such as:
• Customer account status
• Sales history patterns
• Service level metrics
• Payment behaviors

What is Parabola?

Parabola is a powerful no-code automation platform that helps businesses work smarter with their data. We make it easy to:

• Pull data from various sources, including APIs like NetSuite
• Transform and clean data automatically
• Create custom workflows without coding
• Schedule automated data updates
• Build powerful business solutions

What is NetSuite?

NetSuite is a comprehensive cloud-based business management suite that integrates ERP, CRM, and e-commerce capabilities. It's particularly valuable for organizations seeking to unify their business operations in a single, scalable platform.

What does NetSuite do?

NetSuite provides a unified platform for managing core business operations. The system integrates financial, inventory, customer, and operational data to give organizations complete visibility and control over their business processes.

The platform excels in key areas:
• Financial management
• Inventory control
• Order processing
• Customer relationship management

These integrated capabilities help businesses streamline operations while maintaining accurate records across all departments.

Parabola FAQ

What is Parabola?
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Parabola is an AI-powered workflow builder that makes it easy to organize and transform messy data from anywhere—even PDFs, emails, and spreadsheets—so your team can finally tackle the projects that used to feel impossible.

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With Parabola, you can automate any process across spreadsheets, emails, PDFs, & siloed systems. Whether it’s reconciling data across systems or generating the same report every week, Parabola gives teams the power to automate it—all without IT support.

What does Parabola integrate with?
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Parabola integrates with virtually any system. In addition to 50+ native integrations like NetSuite & Shopify, Parabola offers an API & the ability to integrate via email. Connect to thousands of tools—and work with unstructured data like emails and PDFs.

What are common Parabola use cases?
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The best Parabola use cases are recurring processes that involve complex logic and messy data coming from multiple data sources. In practice, this could look like auditing invoice PDFs, generating recurring reports, or alerting the team of discrepancies.

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Teams at Brooklinen, On Running, Flexport, Vuori, and hundreds more use Parabola to automate the work they thought would always be manual. Explore more on our customer stories page.

How do I get started with Parabola?
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The best way to get started is to sign up for a free account at parabola.io/signup. Our customers range from individuals to massive enterprises—so whether you'd like to start self-serve or with a guided product tour from an expert, we'll help you find the right package for your team.