Linescripts Access Rights and Model Access in Odoo When a developer defines a new model, a new kind of record, the question of who can do what with it has to be answered. Access rights answer it. This piece is about access rights and model access in O... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Record Rules in Odoo, Explained Access rights govern what a user can do with a kind of record. But often a user should access only some particular records of that kind. Record rules govern that. This piece explains record rules in O... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Security Groups in Odoo Access in Odoo is governed by access rights and record rules, but those are not set user by user. They are organised through security groups. This piece is about security groups in Odoo. The problem o... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Building a Wizard in Odoo Sometimes an action needs input from the user before it can be carried out. A wizard gathers that input. This piece is about building a wizard in Odoo. What a wizard is A wizard, in Odoo, is an intera... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Server Actions in Odoo Odoo has a way of defining an action, something that can be made to happen, separately from the place it is triggered. That is the server action. This piece is about server actions in Odoo. What a ser... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Scheduled Actions and Cron Jobs in Odoo Some things in a system should happen regularly, on a schedule, by themselves, with no one triggering them. Scheduled actions are how. This piece is about scheduled actions and cron jobs in Odoo. What... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Building an OWL Component in Odoo Odoo's user interface, its front end, is built with its own component framework, called OWL. This piece is about building an OWL component in Odoo. Odoo's front end and OWL Odoo's user interface, the ... May 20, 2026
Linescripts The Odoo Registry and Services As a developer goes deeper into Odoo development, certain concepts of how Odoo's framework is organised come up. Two are the registry and services. This piece introduces them. Why these concepts come ... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Creating a Custom Field Widget in Odoo Odoo provides field widgets, ways of presenting fields on views. Where none suits a genuine need, a developer can create a custom one. This piece is about it. When a custom field widget is needed A fi... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Extending an Odoo Component with Patch A developer often needs to change an existing Odoo front-end component, not build a new one. Patching is a means of extending it. This piece is about it. The need to change an existing component Much ... May 20, 2026
Linescripts The Anatomy of an Odoo Module In Odoo, the module is everything: every application and every customization is a module. Understanding what a module is made of is the foundation of Odoo development. This piece is the anatomy of an ... May 20, 2026
Linescripts Writing a Correct Manifest in Odoo Every Odoo module has a manifest, and the manifest is what makes the module a module Odoo can use. Getting it right is essential. This piece is about writing a correct manifest. What the manifest does... May 20, 2026