Odoo Changelog — 2024-07-22

Monday, July 22, 2024

5 changes

Improvements(5)

Enhancements to existing features

deprecate pycompat.csv_reader and pycompat.csv_writer

Enterprisemasterl10n_au_hr_payroll_accountl10n_be_hr_payrolll10n_de_reportsl10n_dk_reportsl10n_se_reportsweb_studio

Several payroll, accounting report, and web export areas were updated to use newer CSV handling behind the scenes. This reduces future maintenance risk and improves portability across server environments without changing the day-to-day user experience.

#csv#exports#maintenance#compatibility

[IMP] spreadsheet_dashboard_documents: add placeholder

PR #66881

Enterprisemasterspreadsheet_dashboard_documents

The documents-to-dashboard modal now shows placeholder guidance for choosing a dashboard section. This helps users understand what to select and reduces confusion when adding document content to dashboards.

Original PR description

Added a placeholder for the dashboard section in the modal template to guide users in selecting a section.

Task: 3918035

#dashboard#documents#usability

[IMP] iot: add is_websocket_active field

PR #66722

Enterprisemasteriot

Adds a clear connection status for IoT boxes using websockets, making it easier to see whether a box is actively connected. This helps teams diagnose report printing issues faster without digging into technical connection details.

Original PR description

Before this PR, there was no easy way to identify if an IoT box was connected with a websocket, potentially making debugging report printing difficult.

This PR adds an `is_websocket_active` field to the IoT box model, which defaults to False but is set to True when it subscribes to the websocket. If the websocket is closed by Odoo, it is set to False again.

Community PR: https://github.com/odoo/odoo/pull/173286
Task ID: 4045291

#iot#websocket#debugging#printing

[IMP] hr_expense_extract: expenses back2basics

PR #61963

Enterprisemasterhr_expense_extract

The expense app’s “Try Sample Receipt” option is now available regardless of a user’s access rights, making the onboarding experience more consistent. Tour instruction text was also updated to make the guided experience clearer for users.

Original PR description

* `Try Sample Receipt` button is available whatever the access rights.
* Modify some text in tours instructions.

task-3859580

Odoo PR: https://github.com/odoo/odoo/pull/164373

#expenses#onboarding#sample receipt

[DRAFT][IMP] expense : Remove expense warning on accounting dashboard

PR #67006

Enterprisemasteraccount_3way_match

The accounting dashboard no longer shows separate expense-related warnings because the same journal entries are already covered by vendor bill warnings. This reduces duplicate alerts and helps accounting users focus on the most relevant dashboard items.

Original PR description

This commit remove the warnings we have on the accounting dashboard, as the journals entries are already included in the vendor bills warnings.

task:3877069

#expenses#accounting dashboard#warnings

Before this PR, there was no easy way to identify if an IoT box was connected with a websocket, potentially making debugging report printing difficult. This PR adds an `is_websocket_active` field to the IoT box model, which defaults to False but is set to True when it subscribes to the websocket. If the websocket is closed by Odoo, it is set to False again. Community PR: https://github.com/odoo/odoo/pull/173286 Task ID: 4045291