Index

A

• abstract models
  • about / Transient and Abstract models
• access control security
  • setting up / Setting up access control security
• action buttons
  • adding, to forms / Adding action buttons
• actions, kanban views
  • about / Actions in kanban views
  • open / Actions in kanban views
  • Edit / Actions in kanban views
  • Delete / Actions in kanban views
• actions, XML data files
  • about / Other actions in XML data files
  • records, deleting / Deleting records
  • functions, triggering / Triggering functions and workflows
  • workflows, triggering / Triggering functions and workflows
• addons path
  • configuring / Configuring the addons path
  • modules, adding to / Adding to the addons path
• application features
  • organizing, into modules / Organizing application features into modules
• application model
  • creating / Creating an application model
• applications
  • about / Understanding applications and modules
• arguments, field types
  • Char / Basic field types
  • Text / Basic field types
  • Selection / Basic field types
  • Html / Basic field types
  • Integer / Basic field types
  • Float / Basic field types
• attributes, fields
  • string / Common field attributes
  • default / Common field attributes
  • size / Common field attributes
  • translate / Common field attributes
  • help / Common field attributes
  • readonly=True / Common field attributes
  • required=True / Common field attributes
  • index=True / Common field attributes
  • copy=False / Common field attributes
  • groups / Common field attributes
  • deprecated=True / Common field attributes
  • oldname=$field$ / Common field attributes
• attributes, model classes
  • _name / Model attributes
  • _order / Model attributes
  • _rec_name / Model attributes
  • _table / Model attributes

B

• Bootstrap
  • URL / Designing report content
• browse() method / Querying models
• business document
  • form, formatting as / Formatting as a business document
• business logic
  • adding, to buttons / Adding business logic
• business reports
  • creating / Creating business reports
  • wkhtmltopdf library, installing / Installing wkhtmltopdf
  • QWeb report templates, using / QWeb report templates
  • data, presenting / Presenting data in reports
  • language translation, enabling / Enabling language translation in reports
  • report content, designing / Designing report content
  • paper formats, defining / Paper formats
• business views
  • about / Business views
• buttons
  • business logic, adding to / Adding business logic
• buttons, view elements
  • about / Buttons
  • attributes / Buttons

C

• calendar views
  • about / Calendar views
  • attributes / Calendar views
• card kanban view
  • about / The card kanban view
• card style kanban
  • about / Kanban views
• Client interaction
  • model methods / Model methods for client interaction
• Command-line Interface (CLI)
  • about / Introducing the ERPpeek client
• community modules
  • finding / Finding community modules
• computed fields
  • about / Computed fields
  • declaring / Search and write on computed fields
  • storing / Storing computed fields
• configuration parameters, Odoo
  • addons_path / Setting up the configuration file
  • xmlrpc_port / Setting up the configuration file
  • log_level / Setting up the configuration file
• context
  • about / Context and domain
  • session context / Session context
• create() method / Writing on records
• CSV data files
  • records / Related records in CSV data files
• cursor execute() method / Transactions and low-level SQL
• Custom CSS assets
  • using / Custom CSS and JavaScript assets

D

• data
  • modifying / Modifying data
  • exporting / Exporting and importing data, Exporting data
  • importing / Importing data
• database ID
  • about / Understanding external identifiers
• data noupdate attribute
  • about / The data noupdate attribute
• Debian host
  • provisioning for / Provisions for a Debian host
• delegation inheritance
  • used, for embedding models / Embedding models using delegation inheritance
• descriptor keys, Odoo app store
  • installable / Creating a new module
  • auto_install / Creating a new module
• Developer mode
  • activating / Activating the Developer mode
• domain
  • about / Context and domain
  • using / Domain expressions
  • expressions / Domain expressions
• dynamic views
  • about / Dynamic views
  • attributes / Dynamic views

E

• elements, kanban views
  • about / Kanban view elements
• env.ref() function / The execution environment
• erppeek API
  • about / The ERPpeek API
• erppeek CLI
  • about / The ERPpeek CLI
• erppeek client
  • about / Introducing the ERPpeek client
  • erppeek API / The ERPpeek API
  • erppeek CLI / The ERPpeek CLI
• execution environment
  • attributes / The execution environment
  • about / The execution environment
• expressions, domain
  • about / Domain expressions
• external identifiers
  • about / Understanding external identifiers
  • finding / Finding External IDs

F

• features
  • copying, prototype inheritance used / Copying features using prototype inheritance
• fetchall() function / Transactions and low-level SQL
• fields
  • creating / Creating fields
  • attributes / Common field attributes
  • reserved field names / Reserved field names
• fields, view elements
  • about / Fields
  • attributes / Fields
  • attributes, for field types / Fields
  • relational fields / Relational fields
  • widgets / Field widgets
  • on change events / On-change events
• fields types
  • about / Basic field types
  • arguments / Basic field types
• field widgets
  • about / Field widgets
  • for text fields / Field widgets
  • for numeric fields / Field widgets
  • for selection fields / Field widgets
  • for relational fields / Field widgets
• form
  • atting, as business document / Formatting as a business document
• forms
  • action buttons, adding to / Adding action buttons
  • organizing, groups used / Organizing forms using groups
• form view
  • creating / Creating a form view
  • about / The complete form view
• form views
  • about / Form views
  • business views / Business views
  • header status bar / The header status bar

G

• Gantt views
  • about / Gantt views
  • attributes / Gantt views
• Git
  • about / Installing from the source code
  • URL / Installing from the source code
• graph views
  • about / Graph views
  • attributes / Graph views
• groups
  • used, for organizing forms / Organizing forms using groups

H

• header status bar, form views
  • about / The header status bar
  • business flow pipeline / The business flow pipeline
  • title / Title and subtitle
  • subtitle / Title and subtitle
  • labels, for fields / Labels for fields
  • smart buttons / Smart buttons
  • content, organizing / Organizing content in a form
  • tabbed notebooks / Tabbed notebooks
• hierarchic relations / Hierarchical relations
• host
  • setting up, for Odoo server / Setting up a host for the Odoo server
• HTTPS
  • enforcing / Enforcing HTTPS

I

• icon
  • adding, to modules / Adding an icon to the module
• inheritance
  • used, for extending models / More on using inheritance to extend models
  • used, for adding social network features / Using inheritance to add social network features
• installation, wkhtmltopdf library
  • about / Installing wkhtmltopdf

J

• JavaScript assets
  • using / Custom CSS and JavaScript assets

K

• kanban board
  • example / Getting started with kanban board
  • using / Getting started with kanban board
  • kanban views / Kanban views
• kanban cards
  • about / Advanced kanban elements
  • option menu, adding / Adding a kanban card option menu
  • colors, adding / Adding colors to kanban cards
  • text ellipsis, using / Using text ellipsis for long texts
• kanban state, kanban views
  • about / Priority and kanban state
• kanban views
  • about / Kanban views
  • designing / Design kanban views
  • elements / Kanban view elements
  • vignette kanban view / The vignette kanban view
  • actions / Actions in kanban views
  • card kanban view / The card kanban view
  • Custom CSS assets / Custom CSS and JavaScript assets
  • JavaScript assets / Custom CSS and JavaScript assets
• kanban views, fields
  • priority / Priority and kanban state
  • kanban state / Priority and kanban state
• keys, Odoo app store
  • summary / Creating a new module
  • version / Creating a new module
  • license / Creating a new module
  • website / Creating a new module
  • category / Creating a new module

L

• Linux text editor
  • using / Using a Linux text editor
• list view
  • adding / Adding list and search views
• list views
  • about / List views
  • attributes / List views
• long polling
  • about / Long polling

M

• many to many relations / Related records in CSV data files
  • about / Many to many relations
• many to one relation / Related records in CSV data files
• many to one relations
  • about / Many to one relations
• menu entries
  • adding / Adding menu entries
• menu items
  • about / Menu items
• model classes
  • attributes / Model attributes
• model constraints
  • about / Model constraints
• model methods, Client interaction
  • about / Model methods for client interaction
  • default methods, overriding / Overriding the default methods
  • decorators / Model method decorators
  • debugging / Debugging
  • shortcut commands / Debugging
• models
  • extending, inheritance used / More on using inheritance to extend models
  • embedding, delegation inheritance used / Embedding models using delegation inheritance
  • creating / Creating models
  • and Python classes / Models and Python classes
  • transient models / Transient and Abstract models
  • abstract models / Transient and Abstract models
  • inspecting / Inspecting existing models
  • relations / Relations between models
• module data
  • about / Module data
  • demonstration data / Demonstration data
• module list
  • updating / Updating the module list
• modules
  • about / Understanding applications and modules
  • modifying / Modifying and extending modules
  • extending / Modifying and extending modules
  • creating / Creating a new module
  • adding, to addons path / Adding to the addons path
  • installing / Installing the new module
  • upgrading / Upgrading a module
  • icon, adding to / Adding an icon to the module
  • application features, organizing into / Organizing application features into modules
• module updates
  • about / Server and module updates

N

• nginx
  • setting up, for reverse proxy / Setting up nginx for reverse proxy
• Nginx optimizations / Nginx optimizations
• Notes desktop application
  • writing / Writing a Notes desktop application
  • communication layer, with Odoo / Communication layer with Odoo
  • GUI, creating / Creating the GUI

O

• Odoo
  • user account, creating for / Creating a user account for Odoo
  • installing, from source / Installing Odoo from source
  • product versions / A word about Odoo product versions
  • developing, from workstation / Developing from your workstation
  • URL / Working with the server
  • installing / Installing Odoo
  • URL, for installation instructions / Installing Odoo
  • installing, from source code / Installing from the source code
  • configuration file, setting up / Setting up the configuration file
  • setting up, as system service / Setting up as a system service
• Odoo API
  • calling, with XML-RPC / Calling the Odoo API using XML-RPC
• Odoo API, calling with XML-RPC
  • data, reading from server / Reading data from the server
  • model methods, calling / Calling other methods
• Odoo Community Association (OCA) / Finding community modules
• Odoo database
  • initializing / Initializing a new Odoo database
  • managing / Managing your databases
• Odoo server
  • host, setting up for / Setting up a host for the Odoo server
• Odoo server configuration files
  • about / Odoo server configuration files
• official installation packages, Python
  • URL / Setting up a Python client
• on-board technical tools
  • enabling / Enabling the on-board technical tools
  • Technical Features, activating / Activating the Technical Features
  • Developer mode, activating / Activating the Developer mode
• on change events
  • about / On-change events
• one to many inverse relations
  • about / One to many inverse relations
• one to many relations / Related records in CSV data files

P

• position attribute, values
  • after / Extending views
  • before / Extending views
  • inside / Extending views
  • replace / Extending views
  • attributes / Extending views
• PostgresSQL
  • URL, for official documentation / Managing your databases
• priority, kanban views
  • about / Priority and kanban state
• production instance settings, Odoo
  • admin_passwd / Setting up the configuration file
  • dbfilter / Setting up the configuration file
  • logrotate=True / Setting up the configuration file
  • data_dir / Setting up the configuration file
  • without_demo=True / Setting up the configuration file
• product versions, Odoo
  • about / A word about Odoo product versions
• prototype inheritance
  • used, for copying features / Copying features using prototype inheritance
• Python classes
  • models / Models and Python classes
• Python client
  • setting up / Setting up a Python client
• Python debugger commands
  • URL / Logging

Q

• QWeb
  • other directives / Other QWeb directives
• QWeb, directives
  • t-debug / Other QWeb directives
  • t-js / Other QWeb directives
  • t-log / Other QWeb directives
• QWeb dynamic content
  • adding / Adding QWeb dynamic content
  • conditional rendering, with t-if / Conditional rendering with t-if
  • values, rendering with t-esc / Rendering values with t-esc and t-raw
  • values, rendering with t-raw / Rendering values with t-esc and t-raw
  • loop, rendering with t-foreach / Loop rendering with t-foreach
  • dynamic attributes, with t-att- prefixes / Dynamic attributes with t-att- prefixes
  • string substitution attributes, with t-attf- prefixes / String substitution in attributes with t-attf- prefixes
  • variables, setting with t-set / Setting variables with t-set
  • templates, calling with t-call / Calling other templates with t-call
• QWeb report templates
  • using / QWeb report templates

R

• records, in CSV data files
  • about / Related records in CSV data files
• recordset
  • manipulating / Manipulating recordsets
  • operations / Other recordset operations
• reference fields
  • dynamic relations, using / Referencing fields using dynamic relations
• related fields / Related fields
• relation fields
  • many to one / Using relation fields
  • many to many / Using relation fields
  • one to many / Using relation fields
  • using / Using relation fields
• relations, models
  • about / Relations between models
  • many to one relations / Many to one relations
  • many to many relations / Many to many relations
  • one to many inverse relations / One to many inverse relations
  • hierarchic relations / Hierarchical relations
• reserved field names
  • about / Reserved field names
• reverse proxy
  • using / Using a reverse proxy
  • nginx, setting up for / Setting up nginx for reverse proxy
• row level access rules / Row-level access rules

S

• Samba
  • installing / Installing and configuring Samba
  • configuring / Installing and configuring Samba
• search() method / Querying models
• search view
  • adding / Adding list and search views
• search views
  • extending / Extending tree and search views
  • about / Search views
  • filter elements, attributes / Search views
• Secure Shell (SSH)
  • about / Setting up a host for the Odoo server
• server
  • working with / Working with the server
  • relation fields, using / Using relation fields
  • models, querying / Querying models
  • records, writing on / Writing on records
  • transactions / Transactions and low-level SQL
  • low level SQL / Transactions and low-level SQL
  • time, working with / Working with time and dates
  • dates, working with / Working with time and dates
  • relation fields, working with / Working with relation fields
  • recordsets, manipulating / Manipulating recordsets
  • recordset operations / Other recordset operations
• server configuration options
  • about / More server configuration options
  • listening port, modifying / Changing the listening port
  • logging / Logging
• server updates
  • about / Server and module updates
• session context
  • about / Session context
• settings, reverse proxy
  • proxy_mode=True / Setting up the configuration file
  • xmlrpc-interface / Setting up the configuration file
• sharing capability
  • adding, to To-Do app / Adding sharing capability to the To-Do app
• singleton / Working with the server
• social network features
  • adding, inheritance used / Using inheritance to add social network features
• source
  • Odoo, installing from / Installing Odoo from source
• source code
  • Odoo, installing from / Installing from the source code

T

• t-att- prefixes
  • using / Dynamic attributes with t-att- prefixes
• t-attf- prefixes
  • using / String substitution in attributes with t-attf- prefixes
• t-call
  • used, for calling other templates / Calling other templates with t-call
• t-esc
  • using / Rendering values with t-esc and t-raw
• t-foreach
  • used, for rendering loop / Loop rendering with t-foreach
• t-if
  • used, for conditional rendering / Conditional rendering with t-if
• t-raw
  • using / Rendering values with t-esc and t-raw
• t-set
  • used, for setting variables / Setting variables with t-set
• Technical Features
  • activating / Activating the Technical Features
• third-party modules
  • installing / Installing third-party modules
  • community modules, finding / Finding community modules
  • addons path, configuring / Configuring the addons path
  • module list, updating / Updating the module list
• To-Do app
  • sharing capability, adding to / Adding sharing capability to the To-Do app
  • record rules, extending / Extending the record rules
• to-do task model
  • extending / Extending the to-do task model
  • fields, adding / Adding fields to a model
  • existing fields, modifying / Modifying existing fields
  • methods, modifying / Modifying model's methods
• To-do wizard
  • about / To-do wizard
  • wizard model / Wizard model
  • wizard form / Wizard form
  • wizard business logic / Wizard business logic
  • exceptions, raising / Raising exceptions, Auto-reloading code changes
  • actions, on wizard dialog / Actions on the wizard dialog
• todo_ui module
  • about / Introducing the todo_ui module
• transient models
  • about / Transient and Abstract models
• tree views
  • extending / Extending tree and search views
• TurnKey Linux
  • URL / Provisions for a Debian host

U

• unlink() method / Writing on records
• user account
  • creating, for Odoo / Creating a user account for Odoo
• user sharing features
  • work plan / Road map for the user sharing features

V

• view elements
  • about / View elements
  • buttons / Buttons
  • fields / Fields
• views
  • extending / Extending views
  • form views / Form views
  • list views / List views
  • search views / Search views
  • calendar views / Calendar views
  • Gantt views / Gantt views
  • graph views / Graph views
• Views
  • creating / Creating views – form, tree, and search
• vignette kanban view
  • about / The vignette kanban view
• vignette style kanban
  • about / Kanban views
• VMWare Player
  • URL / Provisions for a Debian host

W

• window actions
  • about / Window actions
  • attributes / Window actions
• wizard business logic / Wizard business logic
• wizard form / Wizard form
• wizard model / Wizard model
• wkhtmltopdf library
  • installing / Installing wkhtmltopdf
  • URL / Installing wkhtmltopdf
• workstation
  • Odoo, developing from / Developing from your workstation
• write() method / Writing on records

X

• XML-RPC
  • Odoo API, calling with / Calling the Odoo API using XML-RPC
• XML-RPC connection
  • opening / Opening an XML-RPC connection
• XML data files
  • about / XML data files
  • data noupdate attribute / The data noupdate attribute
  • Records, defining in XML / Defining Records in XML
  • field values, setting / Setting field values
  • values, setting with expressions / Setting values using expressions
  • values, setting for relation fields / Setting values for relation fields
  • shortcuts, for frequently used Models / Shortcuts for frequently used Models
• XPath
  • URL / Extending views