Daily updates from Odoo
Thursday, December 21, 2017
8 changes
Enhancements to existing features
Approved employee expenses can now be accessed directly from the vendor area of the accounting dashboard. This makes it faster for accounting teams to find and process expenses without navigating through separate menus.
Original PR description
…ting dashboard. Added two new files in hr_expense for inheriting accounting dashboard. Description of the issue/feature this PR addresses: Task ID - https://www.odoo.com/web#id=36063&view_type=form&model=project.task&action=327&menu_id=4720 Pad - https://pad.odoo.com/p/r.28f5712839276c8f3c9d56e48b879f5f Current behavior before PR: Desired behavior after PR is merged: -- I confirm I have signed the CLA and read the PR guidelines at www.odoo.com/submit-pr
When an administrator creates a new company in a multi-company setup, that company is now automatically added to their allowed companies. This avoids extra setup steps and fixes permission issues so Access Rights users can create companies even when default working calendars are created behind the scenes.
Original PR description
**Task:** https://www.odoo.com/web#id=34712&view_type=form&model=project.task&action=333&active_id=131&menu_id=4720 **Pad :** https://pad.odoo.com/p/r.0b5ef2c17e3f1261a76a43bbd06ff49b Description of the issue/feature this PR addresses: Current behavior before PR: Desired behavior after PR is merged: -- I confirm I have signed the CLA and read the PR guidelines at www.odoo.com/submit-pr
Maintenance users can now archive equipment and teams that are no longer in use, keeping operational lists cleaner without deleting historical records. The system also avoids assigning archived teams by default when creating equipment, reducing confusion and outdated selections.
Original PR description
Task: https://www.odoo.com/web#id=36431&view_type=form&model=project.task&active_id=131&menu_id=4720 Pad: https://pad.odoo.com/p/r.b0b0a6ba9a2a0a10307693b03bbe984b
The contact deduplication wizard has been moved so it can be used beyond CRM and is available wherever contact management is needed. This helps users clean up duplicate contacts more consistently across Odoo, while only posting merge notes in communication logs when that feature is present.
Original PR description
https://www.odoo.com/web?debug#id=35576&view_type=form&model=project.task&action=327&menu_id=4720
Portal users created from existing contacts now use the same template-based setup as newly invited external users. This makes portal account creation more consistent and helps ensure new portal users receive the expected default settings.
Original PR description
Task: https://www.odoo.com/web#id=31399&view_type=form&model=project.task&action=333&active_id=965&menu_id=4720
Odoo will no longer run guided web tours when a database is installed with demo data. This avoids unnecessary walkthroughs in demo environments, reducing distraction and making demo databases behave more appropriately for evaluation or training.
Original PR description
Description of the issue/feature this PR addresses: * Task: https://www.odoo.com/web?debug#id=37026&view_type=form&model=project.task&action=327&menu_id=4720 * Pad: https://pad.odoo.com/p/r.28923badc10fcba93f89b51d4c81b198 Current behavior before PR: Desired behavior after PR is merged: -- I confirm I have signed the CLA and read the PR guidelines at www.odoo.com/submit-pr
The Sales reporting area now combines the original sales report with all-channel sales information, giving teams one place to review sales performance. This reduces fragmented reporting and ensures sales measures and fields are available consistently across sales channels.
Original PR description
Description of the issue/feature this PR addresses: Merge original Sales report and All sales channel report.And rename final report as Sales. Current behavior before PR: Merge original Sales report and All sales channel report.And rename final report as Sales. Desired behavior after PR is merged: Sales report contains all the measures and fields of all channel sales report. Task: https://www.odoo.com/web#id=36895&view_type=form&model=project.task&action=327&menu_id=4720 Pad: https://pad.odoo.com/p/r.89cce480a8db241ef7c08a7006103a81 -- I confirm I have signed the CLA and read the PR guidelines at www.odoo.com/submit-pr
Expense users get a clearer action for attaching receipt photos, making it simpler to add supporting documents to an expense. The related attachment handling has also been reorganized into the core HR expense module, improving consistency and maintainability without changing the business process.