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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)

Defining project tasks

The main unit for tracking the various activities involved in a project is a project task. Odoo provides a quick way to add a task to the project by clicking the large plus button under the appropriate project stage.

Click the plus button inside the Specifications stage, and create a task for Determine Team Names:

Similar to adding a stage, you simply enter the title of the task and then hit the Add button. The screen will then refresh, and you will automatically be prompted to add the next task. Once you have created the task, you can click on the task to open it or you can use the menu on the task to pull the task up to edit it. Once you have opened the task you can now provide additional details.

Here, we'll define additional aspects of the task:

  • Name of the task (which is required)
  • The Project to which the task is assigned
  • The Deadline date of...