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Learn Odoo

By : Greg Moss
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Learn Odoo

By: Greg Moss

Overview of this book

Odoo is management software that contains a set of open source enterprise management applications that help you modernize your business. Completely revised and updated, this comprehensive Odoo guide is a fourth edition of Working with Odoo. This book begins with an introduction to Odoo and helps you set up Odoo Online in your system. You'll learn how to start a new company database in Odoo and the basics of Odoo sales management. You will explore customer relationship management in Odoo and its importance in a modern business environment. Moving on, you'll learn how to install the purchasing application, set up suppliers, and begin purchasing and receiving products in Odoo. Next, you'll learn how to use the MRP module to create, process, and schedule the manufacturing and production order. Once you get to grips with the basic applications, you'll uncover how to customize Odoo to meet the specific needs of your business. You'll learn some advanced techniques for searching and finding information, and you'll be taken through business intelligence in Odoo. Towards the end of the book, you'll go in-depth into Odoo's architecture and learn to use Odoo's API to integrate with other applications. By the end of the book, you'll be ready to use Odoo to build enterprise applications and set up the functional requirements for your business.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)

Timesheets

Odoo allows you to install an HR app that will allow you to track employee time and attendance. Timesheets are most useful when you have jobs that require you to account for employees' work hours and assign those hours to projects or customers. Unfortunately, in Odoo 12, the Timesheets application has been removed from the Community edition and is only available if you purchase Odoo Enterprise. This is indicated by the Upgrade button:

However, we can still utilize some of the timesheet features; they are just tucked away a little bit within the Timesheet when on Leaves module. Clear the Apps filter and search for Leaves to locate this module:

Once you have installed the Timesheet when on Leaves module, the menu bar will be expanded to include two new main menus, called Timesheets and Leaves. Currently, after installing the Timesheets application, Odoo just takes...