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View inheritance positioning

Asked by hsm flxCore

I'm trying to add a column (field) to heavy nested tree.

I need to position (after, before, inside, replace) the field, but I am not able to this.

I get various errors in different cases:

When trying
<field name="x" position="after" />
<field name="new_field"/>

I get the error that 'x' is a duplicate.

The other error tells me that XML is incorrect (while it isn't).
How is this posisble?

I will show what I want to get accomplished. First the View Architecture as is and then the View Architecture as needed. I'm concerned about a 'fdate' field. (<field name="fdate"/>)

<?xml version="1.0"?>

                <form string="Timesheet">
                    <field name="name"/>
                    <field name="user_id"/>
                    <field name="date_from"/>
                    <field name="date_to"/>

                    <notebook colspan="4">
                        <page string="Daily View">
                            <group col="6" colspan="4">
                                <button name="button_dummy" string="Go to:" type="object"/>
                                <field name="date_current" nolabel="1"/>
                                <label string=""/>
                                <button icon="gtk-media-previous" name="date_previous" string="" type="object"/>
                                <button name="date_today" string="Today" type="object"/>
                                <button icon="gtk-media-next" name="date_next" string="" type="object"/>
                            </group>

                            <field colspan="3" context="name=date_current,user_id=user_id" groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" height="100" name="attendances_ids" nolabel="1">
                                <tree string="Attendances">
                                    <field name="name"/>
                                    <field name="action"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="employee_id"/>
                                </tree>
                            </field>
                            <group col="1" colspan="1" groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance">
                                <button name="sign_in" string="Sign In" type="object"/>
                                <button name="sign_out" string="Sign Out" type="object"/>
                            </group>

                            <field groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" name="state_attendance"/>
                            <field groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" name="total_attendance_day" widget="float_time"/>
                            <field colspan="4" context="date=date_current,user_id=user_id" domain="[('name','=',date_current)]" name="timesheet_ids" nolabel="1">
                                <tree editable="top" string="Timesheet">
                                    <field invisible="1" name="date"/>
                                    <field domain="[('type','=','normal'), ('state', '&lt;&gt;', 'close')]" name="account_id" on_change="on_change_account_id(account_id)"/>
                                    <field name="name"/>
                                    <field name="unit_amount" on_change="on_change_unit_amount(product_id, unit_amount, product_uom_id)" widget="float_time"/>
                                    <field name="to_invoice"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="journal_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="product_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="product_uom_id" on_change="on_change_unit_amount(product_id, unit_amount, product_uom_id)"/>
                                    <field name="amount"/>
                                    <field name="general_account_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="user_id" required="1"/>
                                </tree>
                                <form string="Timesheet">
                                    <field name="date"/>
                                    <field domain="[('type','=','normal'), ('state', '&lt;&gt;', 'close')]" name="account_id" on_change="on_change_account_id(account_id)"/>
                                    <field name="name"/>
                                    <field name="unit_amount" on_change="on_change_unit_amount(product_id, unit_amount, product_uom_id)" widget="float_time"/>
                                    <field name="to_invoice"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="journal_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="product_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="product_uom_id" on_change="on_change_unit_amount(product_id, unit_amount, product_uom_id)"/>
                                    <field name="amount"/>
                                    <field name="general_account_id"/>
                                    <field name="user_id" required="1"/>
                                </form>
                            </field>
                            <field name="total_difference_day" widget="float_time"/>
                            <field name="total_timesheet_day" widget="float_time"/>
                        </page>
                        <page string="By Day">
                            <field colspan="4" name="period_ids" nolabel="1">
                                <tree colors="red:total_difference&lt;=0.1;blue:total_difference&gt;=0.1" string="Period">
                                    <field name="name"/>
                                    <field groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" name="total_attendance" widget="float_time"/>
                                    <field name="total_timesheet" widget="float_time"/>
                                    <field groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" name="total_difference" widget="float_time"/>
                                </tree>
                            </field>
                            <field name="total_attendance" widget="float_time"/>
                            <field name="total_timesheet" widget="float_time"/>
                            <field name="total_difference" widget="float_time"/>
                        </page>
                    </notebook>
                    <field name="state"/>
                    <group col="4" colspan="2">
                        <button name="button_confirm" states="draft" string="Confirm" type="object"/>
                        <button name="action_set_to_draft" states="done" string="Set to Draft" type="object"/>
                        <button name="cancel" states="confirm" string="Refuse"/>
                        <button name="done" states="confirm" string="Accept"/>
                    </group>
                </form>

============needed:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

                <form string="Timesheet">
                    <field name="name"/>
                    <field name="user_id"/>
                    <field name="date_from"/>
                    <field name="date_to"/>

                    <notebook colspan="4">
                        <page string="Daily View">
                            <group col="6" colspan="4">
                                <button name="button_dummy" string="Go to:" type="object"/>
                                <field name="date_current" nolabel="1"/>
                                <label string=""/>
                                <button icon="gtk-media-previous" name="date_previous" string="" type="object"/>
                                <button name="date_today" string="Today" type="object"/>
                                <button icon="gtk-media-next" name="date_next" string="" type="object"/>
                            </group>

                            <field colspan="3" context="name=date_current,user_id=user_id" groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" height="100" name="attendances_ids" nolabel="1">
                                <tree string="Attendances">
                                    <field name="name"/>
                                    <field name="action"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="employee_id"/>
                                </tree>
                            </field>
                            <group col="1" colspan="1" groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance">
                                <button name="sign_in" string="Sign In" type="object"/>
                                <button name="sign_out" string="Sign Out" type="object"/>
                            </group>

                            <field groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" name="state_attendance"/>
                            <field groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" name="total_attendance_day" widget="float_time"/>
                            <field colspan="4" context="date=date_current,user_id=user_id" domain="[('name','=',date_current)]" name="timesheet_ids" nolabel="1">
                                <tree editable="top" string="Timesheet">
                                    <field invisible="1" name="date"/>
                                    <field domain="[('type','=','normal'), ('state', '&lt;&gt;', 'close')]" name="account_id" on_change="on_change_account_id(account_id)"/>
                                    <field name="name"/>
                                    <field name="fdate"/>
                                    <field name="unit_amount" on_change="on_change_unit_amount(product_id, unit_amount, product_uom_id)" widget="float_time"/>
                                    <field name="to_invoice"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="journal_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="product_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="product_uom_id" on_change="on_change_unit_amount(product_id, unit_amount, product_uom_id)"/>
                                    <field name="amount"/>
                                    <field name="general_account_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="user_id" required="1"/>
                                </tree>
                                <form string="Timesheet">
                                    <field name="date"/>
                                    <field domain="[('type','=','normal'), ('state', '&lt;&gt;', 'close')]" name="account_id" on_change="on_change_account_id(account_id)"/>
                                    <field name="name"/>
                                    <field name="unit_amount" on_change="on_change_unit_amount(product_id, unit_amount, product_uom_id)" widget="float_time"/>
                                    <field name="to_invoice"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="journal_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="product_id"/>
                                    <field invisible="1" name="product_uom_id" on_change="on_change_unit_amount(product_id, unit_amount, product_uom_id)"/>
                                    <field name="amount"/>
                                    <field name="general_account_id"/>
                                    <field name="user_id" required="1"/>
                                </form>
                            </field>
                            <field name="total_difference_day" widget="float_time"/>
                            <field name="total_timesheet_day" widget="float_time"/>
                        </page>
                        <page string="By Day">
                            <field colspan="4" name="period_ids" nolabel="1">
                                <tree colors="red:total_difference&lt;=0.1;blue:total_difference&gt;=0.1" string="Period">
                                    <field name="name"/>
                                    <field groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" name="total_attendance" widget="float_time"/>
                                    <field name="total_timesheet" widget="float_time"/>
                                    <field groups="hr_attendance.group_hr_attendance" name="total_difference" widget="float_time"/>
                                </tree>
                            </field>
                            <field name="total_attendance" widget="float_time"/>
                            <field name="total_timesheet" widget="float_time"/>
                            <field name="total_difference" widget="float_time"/>
                        </page>
                    </notebook>
                    <field name="state"/>
                    <group col="4" colspan="2">
                        <button name="button_confirm" states="draft" string="Confirm" type="object"/>
                        <button name="action_set_to_draft" states="done" string="Set to Draft" type="object"/>
                        <button name="cancel" states="confirm" string="Refuse"/>
                        <button name="done" states="confirm" string="Accept"/>
                    </group>
                </form>

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Vinay Rana (OpenERP) (vra-openerp) said : 		#1

Hello Hannes,

You need to use '<xpath>' for this kind of view changes.
The following inherited view will do your task:

  <record model="ir.ui.view" id="hr_timesheet_sheet_form_inherit_1">
   <field name="name">hr.timesheet.sheet.form</field>
   <field name="model">hr_timesheet_sheet.sheet</field>
   <field name="inherit_id" ref="hr_timesheet_sheet.hr_timesheet_sheet_form"/>
   <field name="type">form</field>
   <field name="arch" type="xml">
    <xpath expr="/form/notebook/page/field[@name='timesheet_ids']/tree/field[@name='name']" position="after">
     <field name="fdate"/>
    </xpath>
   </field>
  </record>

Hope this will help you.
Thanks.

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hsm flxCore (hannes-smit) said : 		#2

Thanks vra (openerp), that solved my question.

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hsm flxCore (hannes-smit) said : 		#3

Can anyone add this to the documentation on http://doc.openerp.com/developer/2_6_views_events/views/view_inheritence.html

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hsm flxCore (hannes-smit) said : 		#4

Is it possible to do two xpaths? for example:

 <field name="arch" type="xml">
    <xpath expr="/form/notebook/page/field[@name='timesheet_ids']/tree/field[@name='name']" position="after">
     <field name="fdate" />
    </xpath>
    <xpath expr="/form/notebook/page/field[@name='timesheet_ids']/tree/field[@name='unit_amount']" position="replace">
                   <field name="unit_amount2" />
       </xpath>
           </field>

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hsm flxCore (hannes-smit) said : 		#5

Please?

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Best Vinay Rana (OpenERP) (vra-openerp) said : 		#6

Hello Hannes,

You need to create another view for this with different id in following way:

  <record model="ir.ui.view" id="hr_timesheet_sheet_form_inherit_2">
   <field name="name">hr.timesheet.sheet.form</field>
   <field name="model">hr_timesheet_sheet.sheet</field>
   <field name="inherit_id" ref="hr_timesheet_sheet.hr_timesheet_sheet_form"/>
   <field name="type">form</field>
   <field name="arch" type="xml">
    <xpath expr="/form/notebook/page/field[@name='timesheet_ids']/tree/field[@name='unit_amount']" position="replace">
                   <field name="unit_amount2" />
       </xpath>
   </field>
  </record>

Thanks.

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hsm flxCore (hannes-smit) said : 		#7

Thanks vra (openerp), that solved my question.

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Don Kirkby (donkirkby) said : 		#8

To modify two different sections of a view, you can wrap them in a <data> element. I know it works with <field> elements, but I expect it will also work with <xpath>:

    ...
    <field name="arch" type="xml">
        <data>
            <xpath expr="..." position="after">
                <field name="fdate"/>
            </xpath>
            <xpath expr="..." position="replace">
                <field name="unit_amount2"/>
            </xpath>
        </data>
    </field>

I've updated the documentation, but it may not be regenerated for a while:
http://doc.openerp.com/developer/2_6_views_events/views/view_inheritence.html

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Pierre Girard (pierreg27) said : 		#9

i would like to know if its possible to add that have no name after an other one of that type too?

exemple: that is the original view.

       <record id="view_res_partner_filter" model="ir.ui.view">
            <field name="name">res.partner.select</field>
            <field name="model">res.partner</field>
            <field name="type">search</field>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <search string="Search Partner">
                   <group col='10' colspan='4'>
                        <filter string="Customers" name="customer" icon="terp-personal" domain="[('customer','=',1)]" help="Customer Partners"/>
                        <filter string="Suppliers" name="supplier" icon="terp-personal" domain="[('supplier','=',1)]" help="Supplier Partners"/>
                        <!--<filter string="Employee" name="employee" icon="terp-personal" domain="[('employee','=',1)]" help="Employee Partners"/>-->
                        <separator orientation="vertical"/>
                        <field name="name" select="1"/>
                        <field name="address" select="1"/>
                        <field name="country" select="1"/>
                        <field name="category_id" select="1" groups="base.group_extended"/>
                        <field name="user_id" select="1">
                            <filter string="My Partners" icon="terp-personal+" domain="[('user_id','=',uid)]"/>
                        </field>
                   </group>
                   <newline />
                   <group expand="0" string="Group By...">
                       <filter string="Salesman" icon="terp-personal" domain="[]" context="{'group_by' : 'user_id'}" />
                   </group>
               </search>
            </field>
        </record>

I have to put a group by for categories after the one for user id, but i don't have the name for the one of the user id.
I am not sure of how to make the xpath thing in this situation, if someone could give me and example that would be great!

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Don Kirkby (donkirkby) said : 		#10

I think you can use any attributes to specify the element to insert after, so you should be able to do something like this:

<field name="arch" type="xml">
    <filter string="Salesman" position="after">
        ... whatever you want to add
    </filter>
</field>