A business often needs a document or a report in a particular form that Odoo does not provide by default. Odoo Studio can create one. This piece is about creating custom reports with Odoo Studio.
The edition note
Odoo Studio is part of Odoo Enterprise, not Community. Creating custom reports with Studio is available to a business on Enterprise. Custom reports can also be created through development; Studio is the no-code route.
Why a business needs custom reports
Odoo produces documents and reports, the standard ones it comes with. But a business often genuinely needs a document or report in a particular form: a document it produces with its own particular content or layout, a report presenting information the way the business genuinely needs to see or present it. Where the default documents and reports do not match what the business genuinely needs, a custom report is the answer, a document or report created to the business's genuine requirement.
Creating custom reports with Studio
Odoo Studio, the no-code customization tool, lets a business create custom reports by configuring them rather than by writing code. With Studio, a business can create a custom document or report, designing it to its genuine requirement, the content, the layout, without development. Creating custom reports is one of the things Studio does, a no-code way to produce the documents and reports a business needs beyond the defaults.
The right tool for the need
Creating a custom report is, like adding a field or customising a form, the kind of need Studio is well suited to. Producing a document or report in a particular form is a customization that is well-defined, and Studio handles it directly, without the cost of development. For the common need of a custom document or report, Studio is the sensible tool. A genuinely simple custom report does not call for a developer; it calls for Studio.
Create reports for genuine need
An honest note. Custom reports should be created for genuine need: a document or report the business genuinely requires, in a form it genuinely needs. A custom report created for a genuine need is a worthwhile customization; reports created without that, just because Studio can create them, are clutter, more custom things to maintain, for no genuine purpose. Create custom reports for the documents and reports the business genuinely needs, deliberately.
The takeaway
Creating custom reports with Odoo Studio is the no-code way to produce the documents and reports a business genuinely needs beyond Odoo's defaults, a document or report designed to the business's genuine requirement of content and layout. It is available to a business on Odoo Enterprise. Creating a custom report is the kind of well-defined customization Studio is the right tool for, met without development. Create custom reports for genuine need, deliberately. For how we approach Odoo, see our ERP practice.