How to Create Manifest File in Odoo 17 ERP
- 1. How to Create Manifest File in Odoo 17 Enterprise
- 2. Introduction Enterprise The manifest file is an important building block of an odoo module. Manifest file used to specify the metadata of the module. The manifest file name should be like this __manifest__.py and this file contains a single python dictionary. The python dictionary specifies module metadata from each key.
- 3. Enterprise Simple Structure of manifest file
- 4. Enterprise Available manifest fields: ● name(str, required): Specify name of the module ● description(str): Extended description about the module ● author(str): Specify author of the module ● website(str): Website url of the module author ● version(str): Specify the module version ● category(str, default: uncategorized) : Use existing module categories. ● depends(list(str)): Specify the depended modules of the current module. And when this module installed automatically install dependency modules.
- 5. Enterprise ● license(str, defaults: LGPL-3): Specify the licence GPL-2 GPL-2 or any later version GPL-3 GPL-3 or any later version AGPL-3 LGPL-3 Other OSI approved licence OEEL-1 (Odoo Enterprise Edition License v1.0) OPL-1 (Odoo Proprietary License v1.0) Other proprietary
- 6. Enterprise ● data(list(str)): List of data files which must be installed or updated with the module. Specify the path of the files. ● demo(list(str)): Specify the path of data files that only need to be in demonstration mode. ● auto_install (bool or list(str), default: False): If true it will automatically install. ● application (bool, default: False): Specify whether it is an application or just a technical module. ● assets(dict): Static files are contained in various asset bundles. Here add the path of static files inside corresponding asset bundles.
- 7. Enterprise ● installable (bool default: True): Whether the module is installable from the web UI. ● maintainer (str): The person or entity who is responsible for maintaining this module. ● {pre_init, post_init, uninstall}_hook (str): Specify the hooks that are used in this module
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