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Daniel Reis
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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Understanding the users and companies data model

Users and companies are central elements of the Odoo data model. They can be accessed in the Settings | Users & Companies menu. The menu options available are listed here:

  • User, or res.users, stores the system users. These have an implicit partner record in the partner_id field, where the name, email, image, and other contact details are stored.
  • Access Group, or res.group, stores the security access groups. This menu is only available with the developer mode enabled. Users belonging to a group will be granted that group's privileges. Groups can inherit other groups, meaning that they will also provide the privileges from these inherited groups.
  • Company, or res.company, stores the organization's details and the company-specific configurations. It has an implicit partner record, holding the address and contact details, stored in the partner_id field. A default company is provided on new databases, with the...
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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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