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Working with Odoo 10 - Second Edition

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Working with Odoo 10 - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Para 1: Take full advantage of the benefits of the Odoo module ecosystem whilst learning how to modernise your business with Working with Odoo 10. Covering everything from Odoo development essentials through to CRM and analytic accounting, this guide is a must-have for Odoo beginners. Para 2: A powerful set of open source enterprise management applications, Odoo 10 gives you access to a website builder, integrated e-commerce features, and a fast-growing community to allow you to transform your business. Para 3: With this Odoo book you?ll learn how to set up Odoo online, configure basic company settings, and then explore CRM in Odoo. You?ll cover all the Odoo development essentials and much more, including purchasing application, ERP systems, analytic accounting, and other recent Odoo features. Para 4: What?s Inside ? Understand Odoo installation & the basics of implementing Odoo in your business ? Explore accounting & finance setup and modules to help business efficiency ? Build a website with Odoo ? Customise and configure Odoo to an advanced level
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Working with Odoo 10 Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Getting the skills required to modify reports


In my experience, many end users believe that with perhaps an hour or two of training, they will be able to create their own reports. This is not just an Odoo issue; it is a common perception that many end users have when working with an ERP system. Unfortunately, creating or modifying reports is often not easy and should be considered more of a developer task than an end user task. Be prepared to spend considerable time to acquire the skills required to make significant changes to the documents and reports in Odoo.

Furthermore, reporting has changed dramatically in the past several years. Previously, many companies were dependent on paper reports and Excel sheets to properly communicate information through the company. Very often in Odoo, what was previously a physical report can better be managed through filtering and grouping views properly, or using the business intelligence features built into Odoo. Be sure to carefully consider your report...