Create Automated Functions For Model

Introduction#

We often need to run some code automatically during module install. This have many reasons for example configuring Sale module settings to meet our project requirements.

In this topic you will learn how to make automated function run on module install.

First of all you need to create xml file for make function call

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<openerp>
    <data noupdate="1">
        <function model="*model_name*" name="_configure_sales"/>
    </data>
</openerp>

This simple xml file is calls _configure_sales function from model_name model.

NOTE: this xml file should be on the top of data array, because Odoo is processiong xml files from top to bottom.

Corresponding Python file

class *model_name*(models.Model):
    _name = *model_name*

    @api.model
    def _configure_sales(self):
        # Do the configuration here

Every time when module will be installed this function will run.

Note: If you remove noupdate from xml, function will run on upgrading as well.