Key terminology, technical definitions, and core architectural concepts across Odoo ERP development and implementations.
An operation triggered by a menu click, button, or system event in Odoo.
Types include Window Actions (ir.actions.act_window),
Server Actions (ir.actions.server), and
Report Actions (ir.actions.report).
Configurable event triggers executed on record creation, updates, or timed intervals to automate emails, field updates, or custom Python scripts without writing custom modules.
A structural list of raw materials, components, assemblies, and sub-assemblies required to manufacture a finished product in Odoo MRP. Includes routing and work center capacity logic.
Grouping multiple inventory transfers into a single operation to optimize warehouse picking and shipping routes, reducing travel overhead and staging latency.
Automated backend tasks executed at recurring intervals, such as hourly inventory syncs, automated invoice reminders, nightly cache clearing, or EDI queues.
An independent directory package containing Python models, XML views, controllers, and SCSS assets extending or modifying Odoo functionality without touching core files.
_inherit vs. _inherits
Use _inherit for in-place extension or classical Python subtyping.
Reserve _inherits for delegation inheritance when you need
polymorphic composition without duplicating underlying tables.
A list of criteria tuples evaluated by Odoo ORM to filter database
records (e.g. [('state', '=', 'sale'), ('amount_total', '>', 1000)]).
Inventory valuation and removal strategies. FEFO dispatches items approaching expiration dates first, while FIFO processes older receipt timestamps.
Odoo's primary OOP pattern for extending existing models
(_inherit = 'sale.order') or prototyping new business
entities based on base structures (_inherits).
The descriptor Python dictionary defining an Odoo module's metadata, dependencies, data files, XML views, security groups, assets bundles, and licensing criteria.
The core data abstraction layer bridging Python objects to PostgreSQL database tables, managing queries, complex join generation, security restrictions, and in-memory record caching.
A fast, reactive, declarative UI component framework built specifically by Odoo for constructing client action views, field widgets, POS interfaces, and modern reactive dashboards.
Odoo's primary XML-based templating engine used to render website pages,
PDF reports, dynamic HTML email templates, and backend UI nodes with
conditional logic (t-if, t-foreach).
A built-in counter generator creating unique sequential references
for invoices, sales orders, stock pickings, and journal entries,
for example INV/2026/001.
Our senior Odoo architects resolve performance bottlenecks, design clean custom addons, and engineer scalable enterprise migrations.