One of the most common reasons for customizing Odoo is to collect additional information that is specific to your company. If you are running an insurance company, for example, you may want to specify the policy number on your sales order. If you are working in property management, you might want to store the date on which the lease agreement will expire.
For our working example, we will be adding fields that will help us better manage the data and processes for our silkscreen company. Specifically, we will be adding the following fields to the sales order header:
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Field name |
Label |
Field type |
Purpose |
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x_daterequired |
Date Required |
Date |
In the screen printing industry, deadlines drive when production begins and when the product should be delivered to the customer. |
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x_rush |
Rush Order |
Boolean |
Related to Date Required is the... |