How to Hide a Column in a List View A column in a list view can be hidden by using the attributes column_invisible or optional . The column_invisible attribute accepts a boolean value as True/False or 1/0 . Since this attribute ... Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical Jan 22, 2024 Tips
How "Edit" Works in Odoo 17 In the older versions of Odoo, before 16, there is “Edit” button, on click of which the view is opened in edit mode. Once the user is finished with the changes on click of “Save” the changes are store... Functional Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Jan 15, 2024
Methods for Searching and Filtering Records in Odoo In Odoo can be found multiple different methods for filtering and searching records. Each of them is designed with their own uniqueness which makes it more useful in certain cases than others, even th... Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical Jan 1, 2024
How to Update Many2many and One2many Fields in Odoo Many2many and One2many fields in Odoo require a specific syntax for manipulating related data. The instructions mainly consist of 3 elements added in a tuple, where each of the elements has a special ... Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical Dec 11, 2023 Posts
How to Change the Priority of an Existing View In the post The importance of correctly setting priority on inherited views we have already discussed the importance of the priority field in the inherited views and why it needs to have the right v... Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical Dec 4, 2023
How to Handle Multiline Content with Char, Text, and HTML Fields In case the content in a Char field needs to be split into multiple lines and represented like that in the view the new line character \n or HTML line break <br> tag are not supported in this ty... Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical Nov 20, 2023
The Technical Menu in Odoo The technical menu can be found on the settings page and it is visible only in developer mode. The menu contains more than 16 sections, some of which are visible only if a particular application is in... Functional Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical Nov 13, 2023
The Importance of Correctly Setting Priority on Inherited Views The sequence of loading the views in Odoo is critical in the inheritance mechanism. The changes in the views are always applied following their order by priority and ID . This means the views with ... Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical Oct 30, 2023
Overview of the Security System in Odoo Understanding how the security system works in Odoo is crucial for effectively configuring user permissions and comprehending why certain data may or may not be visible to users within the system. Thi... Functional Odoo 17 Security Technical Oct 9, 2023
What Is Odoo Developer Mode and Why Do You Need It? The Developer Mode is a powerful tool in Odoo that provides access to a range of settings and options for both developers and admin users. This feature is crucial for configuring and maintaining the s... Functional Odoo 17 Sep 11, 2023 Posts
How to Create a New QWeb Template Using an Existing One as a Base When creating a new QWeb template in Odoo that is very similar to an existing one, which still needs to be left unchanged, there is no need to rewrite the whole code from the existing template. Instea... Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical Sep 4, 2023
How to Generate a Configuration File in Odoo After installing a new instance of Odoo, in most of the cases would be needed to generate a new configuration file. That can be done with the following command line: python odoo/odoo-bin -c path-to-co... Odoo 17 Odoo 18 Technical May 18, 2023 Tips