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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)

Creating a new database in Odoo

If you have installed Odoo on your own server, you will need to first create a database. As you add additional applications to Odoo, the necessary tables and fields will be added to the database you specify.

Odoo Online
If you are using Odoo Online, you will not have access to create a new database, and instead will use Odoo's one-click application installer to manage your Odoo installation.

If you have just installed a fresh copy of Odoo, you will be prompted automatically to create a new Odoo database.

Create Database form

In the preceding screenshot, you can see the Odoo Create Database form.

Odoo provides basic instructions for creating your database. Let us quickly review the fields and how they are used.

Selecting a database name

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