account.account vs account.account.template

Question

Can someone please explain in simple but detailed words how this works?
*My problem: *
When installing Odoo 12 from scratch I also installed a module for Norwegian accounting (l10n_no) which declared all the accounts with the model/table  account.account.template . Looking in the db I see that these are also "copied" to the  account.account  table.
But now, when the system is running two weird things happen.
1) When I add new accounts to the data.xml (using  account.account.template ) they are n

Mohammed Amal N · Accepted Answer

When you install a chart of account a method named  *try_loading_for_current_company*  is called. You can check this in * account_chart_template_data.xml * in module l10n_no.
One of the use of this method is to create new account for all templates defined [will call method * generate_account * from it].
You can see *data noupdate="1"*
in the xml file which means it'll work only once. So when you create a  template from code after installation and upgrading module will not
work.

Paresh Wagh · Answer

Hi Alf:
When you install an accounting module (for example, Norway - Accounting), the module comes with a predefined chart of accounts which is the template (account.account.template).
When you set up a company, the accounts in the template are copied over into account.account and entries specific to the company are created. You can then customize these by updating the Chart of Accounts for the company.
Hope that helps.

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