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Working with Odoo 11 - Third Edition

By : Greg Moss
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Working with Odoo 11 - Third Edition

By: Greg Moss

Overview of this book

Odoo is an all-in-one management software that offers an array of business applications, forming a complete suite of enterprise management applications. Odoo 11 comes with advances on usability, speed, and design. Working with Odoo 11 starts with how to set up Odoo, both online and on your own server. You’ll then configure the basic company settings required to quickly get your first Odoo system up and running. Later, you’ll explore customer relationship management in Odoo and its importance in a modern business environment. You'll then dive into purchasing applications with Odoo, learn some of the primary functionalities of ERP systems for manufacturing operations, and use analytic accounting to provide better reporting. After that, you'll learn how to work with Odoo for mobile, and finally, you will walk through the recent Odoo 11 features with respect to the community and enterprise edition, giving you a complete understanding of what Odoo can do for your business.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Basics of Odoo e-commerce

You will notice a few things about Odoo e-commerce right away. There is a search box at the very top of the page that will allow you to search for products on the store. It is also worth mentioning that the footer is shared between all pages on the website.

Odoo has a handy feature that allows you to enter products directly from the website. In other words, you don't have to go into the Sales menu in Odoo and click and add products there; instead, you can do it right from this shop page.

Click the New button at the top of the form and you will be prompted to either add a New Page or a New Product, as shown in the following screenshot:

Let's go ahead and click the New Product button to bring up the form.

In this case, we have entered the name of a new product that we want to add to our store, and we are have been prompted to click the Continue...