Salary configurator

The salary configurator (hr_contract_salary, enterprise, Salary Configurator in the apps) lets an applicant or an employee build their own salary package on a public web page, within an employer budget set by HR: they choose their benefits (company car, meal vouchers, extra time off…), see the gross and net salary computed live by the payroll, enter their personal information and sign their contract. The signature creates a new version of the employee.

The module depends on hr_payroll, hr_recruitment, sign and hr_sign. In Odoo 20.0, the former bridge modules hr_contract_salary_payroll and hr_contract_salary_holidays are merged into it, and the benefit models (hr.contract.salary.benefit and its type) are defined by hr_payroll, which uses them to compute the yearly cost of the versions.

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• Versions and contracts: versions and contract templates, on which the configurator is built;

• Payroll data of versions: the wage, the yearly cost and the payroll properties of the versions;

• Payslips: the payslip computation used for the simulation.

Models

hr.contract.salary.offer (Offer)

A salary proposal for an applicant (applicant_id) or an employee (employee_id), based on a contract template (contract_template_id, an hr.version without employee, see Contract templates). It holds the employer budget, the contract dates, the document to sign (sign_template_id) and its signatories, the access token and the expiration date of the link, and a state.

hr.contract.salary.benefit (Benefit)

A benefit of a salary structure type, stored in a field of hr.version (res_field_id) or in a payroll property (salary_rule_id). hr_payroll defines the model and its cost (cost_res_field_id); hr_contract_salary adds how it is displayed in the configurator. hr.contract.salary.benefit.type groups the benefits and gives their periodicity (monthly or yearly); hr.contract.salary.benefit.value holds the options of the radio and dropdown benefits.

hr.contract.salary.personal.info (Personal Info)

A personal information asked to the applicant (address, bank account, ID card…): a field of hr.employee, hr.version or res.partner.bank, grouped by hr.contract.salary.personal.info.type.

hr.contract.salary.resume (Salary Package Summary)

A line of the package summary displayed next to the benefits (gross, net, monthly benefits, employer cost…), grouped by hr.contract.salary.resume.category.

hr.contract.signatory

Who signs a role of the contract document: the employee, the HR responsible of the version or a specific partner, in a given order. Contract templates hold the signatories of the new contract document (sign_template_signatories_ids) and of the contract update document (contract_update_signatories_ids); offers copy them.

A benefit always belongs to one structure type; personal infos and resume lines without structure type are generic and apply to every structure type.

Offer lifecycle

1. Generation. HR generates an offer from an applicant (action_generate_offer()), from a version (action_generate_offer()) or from an employee (action_generate_offer(), which opens a new simulation offer form). The contract template of an applicant offer is the one of the job position (hr.job.contract_template_id), else any template of the company (hr_applicant.HrApplicant._get_contract_template()); for an employee offer, it is the version itself. The initial budget is the final_yearly_costs of the template.

2. Configuration. The applicant opens /salary_package/simulation/offer/<offer id>?token=... (the url field). Each change of a benefit calls the /salary_package/update_salary route, which simulates the package and returns the new summary. Nothing is written in the database.

3. Submission. The /salary_package/submit route creates an archived version (and an archived employee for an applicant) with the chosen benefits and personal information, and a signature request of the offer document, linked to the version and to the offer.

4. Signature. When the applicant signs, the offer becomes half_signed (Partially Signed). When all the signatories have signed, it becomes full_signed: the new version, the employee and its work contact are activated, and the applicant moves to the Hired stage.

An offer can also be refused (action_refuse_offer(), or by the applicant from the page), expired (daily cron _cron_update_state(), once offer_end_date is passed) or cancelled (when its signature request is cancelled). Refusing or cancelling an offer deletes the archived version it created (unlink_archived_version_offer()).

Simulation offers (is_simulation_offer, created from the employee form) only show the salary computation to HR: they cannot be submitted, only the personal infos impacting the net salary are displayed, and a cron deletes them after a while.

Example

An offer for an applicant, whose job uses a US contract template:

template = env['hr.version'].search([
    ('name', '=', 'Developer USA'),
    ('employee_id', '=', False),
])
template.wage, template.final_yearly_costs
# (3000.0, 36000.0)
applicant = env['hr.applicant'].search([('partner_name', '=', 'Johan Duck')], limit=1)
applicant.job_id.contract_template_id = template

action = applicant.action_generate_offer()
offer = env['hr.contract.salary.offer'].browse(action['res_id'])
offer.state, offer.contract_template_id.name, offer.budget_type, offer.final_yearly_costs
# ('open', 'Developer USA', 'yearly_employer', 36000.0)
offer.employee_id
# hr.employee()
offer.url
# 'http://localhost:8069/salary_package/simulation/offer/7?final_yearly_costs=36000.0&t...'
offer.gross_wage, round(offer.net_wage, 2), offer.monthly_employer_cost
# (3000.0, 2500.41, 3000.0)

reason = env.ref('hr_contract_salary.refusal_reason_others')
offer.action_refuse_offer(refusal_reason=reason.id)
offer.state, offer.refusal_reason.name
# ('refused', 'Others')

Simulation context

To compute a package, the configurator writes on a version, may create an employee, and creates a payslip, then throws everything away. This is done in a savepoint by the hr_version_context() context manager (odoo.addons.hr_contract_salary.utils.hr_version): it flushes, opens a savepoint, yields the records (or the request) with the salary_simulation, is_simulation_offer and tracking_disable context keys, and rolls back the savepoint at the end. With invalidate=True, it also invalidates the cache of the versions afterwards; with employees=..., it prevents the recomputation of their existing payslips.

The methods meant to run only in such a context are decorated with @requires_hr_version_context() and raise a RuntimeError otherwise:

• _get_version() returns the version used for the simulation: the current version of the employee of the offer or, for an applicant, of a new archived employee (named after the applicant) on which the contract template values are applied. Its wage is set from the yearly cost of the offer (_get_wage_from_yearly_costs()). For a half_signed offer, it returns the version created by the offer instead.

• _generate_salary_simulation_payslip() creates a payslip of the current period for the version, with one worked days line for the whole working schedule (time off is not considered). Its lines are read with _get_payslip_lines() (see Computation). The payslip has the salary_simulation context key, which salary rules can test, and the simulation_working_schedule context key ('80', '50'…) simulates a part time.

Example

from odoo.addons.hr_contract_salary.utils.hr_version import hr_version_context

offer._get_version()
# RuntimeError: Method '_get_version' must be called within a savepoint context. Use
# `hr_version_context(...)` context manager before calling this method.

with hr_version_context(offer) as sim_offer:
    version = sim_offer._get_version()
    version.employee_id.name, version.employee_id.active, version.wage
    # ('Johan Duck', False, 3000.0)
    payslip = version._generate_salary_simulation_payslip()
    payslip.date_from, payslip.date_to, payslip.struct_id.name
    # (date(2026, 10, 1), date(2026, 10, 31), 'United States: Regular Pay')
    [(line['code'], round(line['total'], 2)) for line in payslip._get_payslip_lines()
     if line['code'] in ('BASIC', 'GROSS', 'FIT', 'NET')]
    # [('BASIC', 3000.0), ('GROSS', 3000.0), ('FIT', -178.33), ('NET', 2500.41)]

env['hr.employee'].with_context(active_test=False).search_count([
    ('name', '=', 'Johan Duck'),
])
# 0: the simulated employee was rolled back

Employer budget and package

The budget of an offer is salary_amount, expressed according to budget_type; final_yearly_costs (Employer Budget) is the corresponding yearly employer cost (_compute_final_yearly_costs()):

yearly_employer (default)

salary_amount is the yearly employer cost.

monthly_gross

salary_amount is the gross per pay period, converted with _get_employer_costs_from_gross() (gross * pay periods per year + benefits costs).

monthly_net

salary_amount is the net: the gross giving this NET payslip line is searched by iterations on simulated payslips, then converted as above.

From the yearly cost, the wage of the simulated version is _get_wage_from_yearly_costs(), the inverse of _get_yearly_cost_from_wage(): the yearly cost of the benefits (their cost fields) is deducted before the wage is computed, so choosing a more expensive benefit lowers the wage at constant budget. These hooks, and the way localizations override them, are described in Yearly cost.

The offer then shows the package of the simulated version (_compute_salary()): gross_wage and net_wage (the BASIC and NET lines of the simulated payslip), monthly_benefits and yearly_benefits (_get_benefits(), the sum resume lines of the Monthly Benefits and Yearly Benefits categories), yearly_employer_cost and monthly_employer_cost.

Example

With the offer above (no benefit with a cost on this structure type):

offer.write({'budget_type': 'monthly_gross', 'salary_amount': 3500})
offer.final_yearly_costs, offer.gross_wage, round(offer.net_wage, 2)
# (42000.0, 3500.0, 2873.66)
offer.write({'budget_type': 'monthly_net', 'salary_amount': 3000})
round(offer.final_yearly_costs, 2), round(offer.gross_wage, 2), round(offer.net_wage, 2)
# (44030.9, 3669.24, 3000.0)

Benefits

A benefit is defined per structure type (structure_type_id) and has a source:

field

The value is the hr.version field res_field_id (field is its name). The usable fields are those of _get_benefit_fields(), restricted to the generic fields and to those of the localization of the structure type.

rule

The value is the payroll property of the salary rule salary_rule_id (an employee input, see Payroll properties). When a version is created from the configurator, these values are written with _set_property_input_value(). The display type must be always, radio, slider or manual.

cost_res_field_id is the version field holding the cost of the benefit for the employer; the yearly cost of the benefits (12 times the monthly ones, depending on the periodicity of the benefit type, plus the yearly ones) is part of the yearly cost of the version.

The configurator part of the benefit (hr_contract_salary):

• is_configurable_benefit: only these benefits are displayed on the page;

• display_type: always (displayed, not editable), dropdown, dropdown-group (options grouped by section), radio, slider (slider_min, slider_max, slider_step), manual (free input, written in manual_res_field_id if set), text. The options of the dropdown and radio benefits are value_ids;

• folded with fold_res_field_id: the benefit is behind a checkbox (e.g. Company Car) whose value is the boolean field fold_field; an unchecked folded benefit is ignored in the sums;

• benefit_ids (Mandatory Benefits): benefits that must be selected to enable this one;

• activity_type_id (with activity_creation and activity_creation_type) and sign_template_id: an activity scheduled, or an additional document to sign, when the benefit is chosen, at the employee signature (running) or at the countersignature;

• requested_documents_field_ids: binary fields of the version (e.g. driving license) asked when the benefit is chosen; the matching personal infos become required.

The page groups the benefits by benefit type. The inputs of a benefit are named after its field: <field> for its value, fold_<field> for the checkbox of a folded benefit, <field>_manual, <field>_radio, <field>_text and select_<field> depending on the display type.

Example

A monthly meal allowance stored in a new version field, also used as its cost. A manual field is created here for the example; a module would declare a fields.Float on hr.version.

env['ir.model.fields'].create({
    'model_id': env['ir.model']._get_id('hr.version'),
    'name': 'x_meal_allowance',
    'field_description': 'Meal Allowance',
    'ttype': 'float',
})
field = env['ir.model.fields']._get('hr.version', 'x_meal_allowance')
version = env['hr.employee'].search([('name', '=', 'Troy Cruz')]).version_id
version.structure_type_id.name, version.wage, version.final_yearly_costs
# ('United States: Employee', 8700.0, 104400.0)

benefit = env['hr.contract.salary.benefit'].create({
    'name': 'Meal Allowance',
    'structure_type_id': version.structure_type_id.id,
    # "Monthly Benefit in Kind"
    'benefit_type_id': env.ref('hr_payroll.l10n_be_monthly_benefit').id,
    'res_field_id': field.id,
    'cost_res_field_id': field.id,
    'is_configurable_benefit': True,
    'display_type': 'slider',
    'slider_min': 0,
    'slider_max': 200,
    'slider_step': 10,
})
env['hr.contract.salary.resume'].create({
    'name': 'Meal Allowance',
    'category_id': env.ref(
        'hr_contract_salary.hr_contract_salary_resume_category_monthly_benefits').id,
    'structure_type_id': version.structure_type_id.id,
    'value_type': 'sum',
    'benefit_ids': [(6, 0, benefit.ids)],
})

version.x_meal_allowance = 100
version.wage, version.final_yearly_costs, version._get_benefits_costs()
# (8700.0, 105600.0, 1200.0)

offer = env['hr.contract.salary.offer'].browse(version.action_generate_offer()['res_id'])
offer.employee_id.name, offer.contract_template_id == version, offer.final_yearly_costs
# ('Troy Cruz', True, 105600.0)
offer.gross_wage, offer.monthly_benefits
# (8700.0, 100.0)
offer.salary_amount = 110400  # yearly employer budget
offer.gross_wage, version.wage
# (9100.0, 8700.0): (110400 - 1200) / 12, the version itself is unchanged

Personal infos and package summary

A personal info writes the field res_field_id of the model given by applies_on: employee (hr.employee), version_personal (hr.version) or bank_account (res.partner.bank, the bank account of the employee is found or created). display_type gives the input (text, radio, checkbox, date, dropdown, integer, email, document); the options of a dropdown come from value_ids or, with dropdown_selection, from the countries, states or languages. Personal infos can be nested (parent_id): the children are hidden depending on the value of the parent (_hide_children()). With impacts_net_salary, a change triggers a new salary computation (e.g. the home-work distance in Belgium).

A resume line gets its value according to value_type:

• fixed: fixed_value;

• version: the version field code;

• sum: the sum of the values of benefit_ids (skipping unchecked folded benefits);

• payslip: the total of the payslip lines of code code (BASIC, GROSS, NET…) of the simulated payslip;

• monthly_total: the sum of the lines flagged impacts_monthly_total (yearly categories divided by 12).

The selection of code is _get_available_fields(): the version fields and a few payslip line codes; localizations add theirs.

The configurator controller

The page and its JSON routes are in hr_contract_salary/controllers/main.py, class HrContractSalary. Each route opens the offer as superuser, checks the access (check_access_to_salary_configurator(): HR manager, valid token, or user of the employee) and works in the simulation context. The values of the page are sent back as benefits, a dictionary of inputs by section (version, version_personal, employee, address, bank_account); the values are strings (or booleans for checkboxes), cast them.

The routes delegate to methods meant to be overridden:

/salary_package/simulation/offer/<offer_id> (page)

_compute_salary_package() renders the page with _get_default_template_values(), which gathers the personal infos (_get_personal_infos(), filtered by _should_add_personal_info(), dropdown options from _get_personal_infos_countries(), _get_personal_infos_states() and _get_personal_infos_langs()) and the benefits (_get_benefits() and _get_benefits_values(), which return the initial value of each input).

/salary_package/onchange_benefit

_compute_onchange_benefit() returns {'new_value', 'description', 'extra_values'}: the value to set on the input, the description of the benefit (the result of hr.version._get_description_<field>(new_value) if that method exists), and [(input name, value)] to update other inputs.

/salary_package/update_salary

_compute_update_salary() creates the new version in the simulation context (create_new_version()) and returns _get_compute_results(): the wage, the resume_lines_mapped by category and code ((name, value, uom symbol, explanation, currency position, uom)) and the displayed payslip_lines.

/salary_package/submit

_compute_submit() returns the values of the current version, then create_new_version() creates, outside the simulation context, the archived version (values from _get_new_version_values()) and employee, and writes the personal infos (_update_personal_info()). The summary (_get_email_info()) and the differences with the current version are posted, then the signature request is created.

_get_new_version_values() writes the value of each benefit field found in the inputs; when hr.version has a method _get_benefit_values_<field>(version_vals, benefits), its result is written instead, which is how a benefit stored in several fields is handled.

The signature itself is handled by SignContract._update_version_on_signature(), an override of the sign controller, which updates the offer state, activates the version and the employee, and creates the benefit activities and signature requests.

Extending the configurator

A localization (l10n_xx_hr_contract_salary, auto-installed with hr_contract_salary and the payroll localization) typically:

• declares its benefits on hr.contract.salary.benefit records of its structure types: the payroll part (field, cost field, type) in l10n_xx_hr_payroll, the configurator part (is_configurable_benefit, display_type, icon, folding…) in l10n_xx_hr_contract_salary, e.g. l10n_be_hr_payroll.l10n_be_transport_company_car;

• declares its personal infos and resume lines (with structure_type_id), and adds codes to _get_available_fields();

• adds the non-stored benefit fields to _benefit_white_list() and the salary sacrifices to _get_sacrifice_fields(), and overrides the yearly cost hooks (see Yearly cost), e.g. l10n_ae_hr_contract_salary adds the labor compliance costs to _get_benefits_costs();

• overrides the controller methods, always checking the country first (several localizations can be installed together), and the offer hooks (_get_benefits() in l10n_in_hr_contract_salary, _get_simulation_required_fields() in l10n_be_hr_contract_salary).

Example

Excerpts of l10n_be_hr_contract_salary. A benefit stored in two fields, and a dynamic description (hr.version):

def _get_benefit_values_insured_relative_spouse(self, version_vals, benefits):
    return {'insured_relative_spouse': benefits['fold_insured_relative_spouse']}

def _get_description_commission_on_target(self, new_value=None):
    self.ensure_one()
    return '<span class="form-text">The commission is scalable [...]</span>' % (...)

Hiding a generic personal info, and copying more fields on the new version (controller):

class HrContractSalary(main.HrContractSalary):

    def _should_add_personal_info(self, personal_info, version):
        identification_number_ref_id = self.env.ref(
            "hr_contract_salary.hr_contract_salary_personal_info_identification_id")
        ...
        if (version.country_code == 'BE'
                and personal_info.id == identification_number_ref_id.id):
            return False
        return super()._should_add_personal_info(personal_info, version)

    def _get_new_version_values(self, version_vals, employee, benefits, offer):
        res = super()._get_new_version_values(version_vals, employee, benefits, offer)
        if offer.country_code != 'BE':
            return res
        fields_to_copy = ['work_time_rate', 'rd_percentage', 'no_onss', ...]
        for field_to_copy in fields_to_copy:
            if field_to_copy in version_vals:
                res[field_to_copy] = version_vals.get(field_to_copy)
        ...
        return res

Reacting to a benefit change: the IP benefit is a checkbox in the page, but the version stores a rate:

def _compute_onchange_benefit(self, version, benefit_field, new_value, offer, benefits, **kw):
    res = super()._compute_onchange_benefit(
        version, benefit_field, new_value, offer, benefits, **kw)
    if offer.country_code != 'BE':
        return res
    if benefit_field == 'ip_value':
        res['new_value'] = version.ip_wage_rate if float(new_value) else 0
    ...
    return res

Pitfalls

• Calling _get_version() or _generate_salary_simulation_payslip() outside hr_version_context() raises a RuntimeError. Inside, everything written is rolled back at the end of the block: compute the values you need inside it, and do not keep the records.

• Code triggered by a write on a version (overrides of write, computed fields, automated actions) also runs during the simulations. Test the salary_simulation context key to skip side effects.

• A benefit value is taken from the contract template of an applicant offer only if its field is in _get_whitelist_fields_from_template() (see Contract templates); otherwise the simulated version starts with the default value.

• The benefit methods and controller hooks are generic: a localization override must return the super() result untouched for the other countries (version.country_code, offer.country_code) or structure types.

• The values received from the page are strings: float(...), int(...) them, and handle the empty string.

• The resume lines and the gross and net amounts read payslip line codes (BASIC, GROSS, NET…): the structure of the localization must use these codes.

• The configurator assumes a monthly pay: the Monthly summary category is relabeled for the other pay frequencies, but the amounts are those of one pay period.

Reference