You're reading from Odoo 15 Development Essentials - Fifth Edition

Product type Book

Published in Feb 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800200067

Pages 548 pages

Edition 5th Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Author (1):

Daniel Reis

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to Odoo Development

2. Chapter 1: Quick Start Using the Developer Mode

3. Chapter 2: Preparing the Development Environment

4. Chapter 3: Your First Odoo Application

5. Chapter 4: Extending Modules

6. Section 2: Models

7. Chapter 5: Importing, Exporting, and Module Data

8. Chapter 6: Models – Structuring the Application Data

9. Section 3: Business Logic

10. Chapter 7: Recordsets – Working with Model Data

11. Chapter 8: Business Logic – Supporting Business Processes

12. Chapter 9: External API – Integrating with Other Systems

13. Section 4: Views

14. Chapter 10: Backend Views – Designing the User Interface

15. Chapter 11: Kanban Views and Client-Side QWeb

16. Chapter 12: Creating Printable PDF Reports with Server-Side QWeb

17. Chapter 13: Creating Web and Portal Frontend Features

18. Section 5: Deployment and Maintenance

19. Chapter 14: Understanding Odoo Built-In Models

20. Chapter 15: Deploying and Maintaining Production Instances

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Understanding the database structure models

The information repository (ir.) models describe the Odoo internal configuration, such as models, fields, and UI. These definitions can be accessed under the Settings | Technical menu.

The data models-related information repository can be found using the Settings | Technical | Database Structure menu. Following the most relevant option in that menu, we have these settings:

Decimal Accuracy, or decimal.precision, is used to configure the number of precision digits for different use cases, such as product prices.
Model, or ir.model, describes the Odoo installed data models that most of the time map to a database table where the data is stored. It is useful to find the model's XML ID, using the developer menu View Metadata option. The In Apps field is also useful for finding out the modules involved in the model data structure definition.
Field, or ir.model.field, stores the model fields defined in the database. This...