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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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Understanding window actions

A window action on a menu gives the web client instructions on what to do, such as opening a view, and can be used in menu items or buttons in views.

Window actions identify the model to use and the views to present in the user interface. They can also filter the available records using a domain filter and can set default values and filters using the context attribute.

Window actions are stored in the ir.actions.act_window model and can be browsed by going to the Settings | Technical | Actions | Window Actions menu.

The library_checkout/views/library_menu.xml file contains the definition for the window action that's used by the checkout menu item:

    <record id="action_library_checkout" 
            model="ir.actions.act_window">
        <field name="name">Checkouts</field...
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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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