INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSION for nlapiLookupField for Employee Center Role

To resolve INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSION for nlapiLookupField for Employee Center Role, see steps below:

1. Create a Suitelet that would handle the lookup: 

function getLocationsWorkAround(request, response){ var locationVar = request.getParameter('custparam_location'); var classId = nlapiLookupField('location',[location internal id],'name'); response.write(classId);}

2. On the Client Side script, change the following codes:

from:

var locationName = nlapiLookupField('location',[location internal id],'name');

to:

// Please change the url accordingly depending on what the generated suitelet url is on the UI// for this example it is: /app/site/hosting/scriptlet.nl?script=297&deploy=1// therefore we append &custparam_location and add = locationsvar respObj = nlapiRequestURL( '/app/site/hosting/scriptlet.nl?script=297&deploy=1&custparam_locationid=' + location, null, null); var classId = respObj.getBody();

3. Make sure the Suitelet is applied to Execute as Role : Administrator and for all Roles. With the above, user would be able to get the name of the location field or other fields on the location record.