Model Attribute _rec_name in the Odoo 17

_rec_name is intended to define the record value used to display it in search for many2one , breadcrumbs and many other cases .

1. Model Attribute _rec_name in Odoo 17 Enterprise

2. Introduction Enterprise _rec_name is intended to define the record value used to display it in search for many2one , breadcrumbs and many other cases .

3. Steps Enterprise First of all we have to create a model class for creating the wizard. Also, don't forget to include the model in the security file and provide the necessary rights.

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5. Steps Enterprise Next, we must create a view. The view should always be opened as ir.actions—act_window data. A menu item or button action defined in Python or XML code . We can make a menu and action window to see if our new views .

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8. Steps Enterprise Now if you go to the contacts you will see a new menu added called student requests .

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10. Steps Enterprise Now you will see the corresponding tree and form views of our new model .

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13. Steps Enterprise As you can see in the breadcrumb , the record is called student.request.1 which is a combination of model name and id . This is the default name assigned to a record if there is no _rec_name attribute specified and no ‘name’ field is specified .

14. Steps Enterprise Now if we change the _rec_name the to student_name you will see that the default name of the record will the be value in the student_name field .

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16. Steps Enterprise Now if we change the _rec_name the to student_id you will see that the default name of the record will the be value in the student_id field .

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18. Steps Enterprise Now let us also see how it affects the search in a many2one field of our new model . For this let us add a new many2one field to res.partner model and add it to our view

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21. Steps Enterprise As you can see in the many2one’s search, the record are in the combination of model name and id . This is the default name assigned to a record if there is no _rec_name attribute specified and no ‘name’ field is specified .

22. Steps Enterprise Now if we change the _rec_name the to student_name you will see that the default name of the record will the be value in the student_name field .

23. Steps Enterprise Now if we change the _rec_name the to student_id you will see that the default name of the record will the be value in the student_id field .

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