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title: How Breadwinner handles Numbers, Discounts and Decimal places
slug: netsuite/how-breadwinner-handles-numbers-discounts-and-decimal-places
createdAt: 2026-01-30T09:37:09.989Z
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In NetSuite, the following behaviors are observed for decimal fields:

### NetSuite Item Price – Decimal Field

- The **Standard Value** field supports up to **18 characters** in total. 
- The decimal point (.) is counted as **one character**. 

**Handling rules:**

- The **minimum decimal length** is **2**, allowing the integer part to be up to **15 digits**. 
- The **maximum decimal length** is **8**, limiting the integer part to **9 digits**. 
- The decimal portion is **always restricted to a maximum of 8 digits**, even if the integer part is only one digit. 

**Examples of valid values:**

- 0.00 
- 1.12 
- 1.12345678 
- 123456789.001 
- 123456789012345.12 
- 1.12345678 

### NetSuite Item Quantity – Decimal Field

- The **Standard Quantity** field supports up to **16 characters** in total. 
- The decimal point (.) is counted as **one character**. 

**Handling rules:**

- The **minimum integer length** is **1**, and the **minimum decimal length** is **0**. 
- The **maximum decimal length** is **5**. 
- The **maximum integer length** is **10**. 

**Examples of valid values:**

- 1 
- 10 
- 10.12 
- 1234567890.12345 

### NetSuite Price Level Discount – Decimal Field

- Discount values must be between **-1000** and **1000**. 
- The **minimum integer length** is **1**. 
- The **maximum decimal length** is **2**. 

**Examples of valid values:**

- 1999.99 
- 1000.00 
- -1000.00

Breadwinner presumes 2 decimal places for all numbers.