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Daniel Reis
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Daniel Reis has a degree in applied mathematics and an MBA. He has had a long career in the IT industry, mostly as a consultant implementing business applications in a variety of sectors. He has been working with Odoo (OpenERP at the time) since 2010 and is an active contributor to the Odoo Community Association (OCA), where he also serves as a board member. He is the managing director of Open Source Integrators, a leading open source and Odoo consultancy firm.
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Exploring the form view structure

Form views are the main way users can interact with data records. Form views can either follow a simple layout or a business document layout, similar to a paper document. In this section, we'll learn how to design these business document views and how to use the elements and widgets that are available.

In Chapter 8, Business Logic – Supporting Business Processes, we created a library checkout model and prepared a basic form for it. We will revisit and enhance it in this section.

The following screenshot shows what the form view will look like when we're done:

Figure 10.3 – The enhanced Checkouts form view

You can refer to this screenshot while we gradually add the different elements throughout this chapter.

Using business document views

Historically, organizations use paper forms to support their internal processes. Business application models support digital versions of these paper forms...

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Daniel Reis

Daniel Reis has a degree in applied mathematics and an MBA. He has had a long career in the IT industry, mostly as a consultant implementing business applications in a variety of sectors. He has been working with Odoo (OpenERP at the time) since 2010 and is an active contributor to the Odoo Community Association (OCA), where he also serves as a board member. He is the managing director of Open Source Integrators, a leading open source and Odoo consultancy firm.
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