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When a developer defines a new model, a new kind of record, the question of who can do what with it has to be answered. Access rights answer it. This piece is about access rights and model access in O...
Read postAccess rights govern what a user can do with a kind of record. But often a user should access only some particular records of that kind. Record rules govern that. This piece explains record rules in O...
Read postAccess in Odoo is governed by access rights and record rules, but those are not set user by user. They are organised through security groups. This piece is about security groups in Odoo. The problem o...
Read postSometimes an action needs input from the user before it can be carried out. A wizard gathers that input. This piece is about building a wizard in Odoo. What a wizard is A wizard, in Odoo, is an intera...
Read postOdoo has a way of defining an action, something that can be made to happen, separately from the place it is triggered. That is the server action. This piece is about server actions in Odoo. What a ser...
Read postSome things in a system should happen regularly, on a schedule, by themselves, with no one triggering them. Scheduled actions are how. This piece is about scheduled actions and cron jobs in Odoo. What...
Read postOdoo's user interface, its front end, is built with its own component framework, called OWL. This piece is about building an OWL component in Odoo. Odoo's front end and OWL Odoo's user interface, the ...
Read postAs a developer goes deeper into Odoo development, certain concepts of how Odoo's framework is organised come up. Two are the registry and services. This piece introduces them. Why these concepts come ...
Read postOdoo provides field widgets, ways of presenting fields on views. Where none suits a genuine need, a developer can create a custom one. This piece is about it. When a custom field widget is needed A fi...
Read postA developer often needs to change an existing Odoo front-end component, not build a new one. Patching is a means of extending it. This piece is about it. The need to change an existing component Much ...
Read postIn Odoo, the module is everything: every application and every customization is a module. Understanding what a module is made of is the foundation of Odoo development. This piece is the anatomy of an ...
Read postEvery Odoo module has a manifest, and the manifest is what makes the module a module Odoo can use. Getting it right is essential. This piece is about writing a correct manifest. What the manifest does...
Read postIf a question keeps coming up in your operations, it might be worth a blog post.