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Working with Odoo

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Working with Odoo

Overview of this book

With this practical guide, you will cover the essential modules to get Odoo up and running for your company. After installing Odoo, you will use its sales management application to enter quotes, create sales orders, and invoice customers. You will then learn how to integrate the CRM application to manage your leads and convert them into lucrative opportunities and sales. Next, you will set up your own purchase management system, assigning products to suppliers and tracking orders with the new warehouse management and routing system. Finally, you will learn how to use analytics to track project expenses and keep your accounts simple and easy to maintain and build an Odoo module to extend its functionality and make it work for you. Working with Odoo covers all the core installation and usage functionalities of this popular tool, helping you to fully implement a working ERP system through practical, advanced, real-world examples.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Working with Odoo
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding PayPal as a payment processor


While Odoo, by default, only includes wire transfer, the framework is modular and can be extended with additional payment methods. One of the most popular e-commerce payment processors, PayPal can be quickly installed and integrated into your Odoo e-commerce system.

We install the PayPal payment processor a little differently because it is a module, not a full application. You still go to settings and local apps, but you will want to uncheck the Apps filter from the search.

After clearing the Apps filter, simply type in PayPal, and you will see the standard Install button:

Once you click on Install, the screen will refresh and you will be left on the Local Modules screen with the Apps filter back in place. We now need to go under the Payments menu and choose the Payment Acquires option to bring up the list of payment acquires. You will see the PayPal provider in that list.

Click on PayPal to open the form and see the available options:

Under the Environment...