Skip to Content
Odoo Menu
  • Sign in
  • Try it free
  • Apps
    Finance
    • Accounting
    • Invoicing
    • Expenses
    • Spreadsheet (BI)
    • Documents
    • Sign
    Sales
    • CRM
    • Sales
    • POS Shop
    • POS Restaurant
    • Subscriptions
    • Rental
    Websites
    • Website Builder
    • eCommerce
    • Blog
    • Forum
    • Live Chat
    • eLearning
    Supply Chain
    • Inventory
    • Manufacturing
    • PLM
    • Purchase
    • Maintenance
    • Quality
    Human Resources
    • Employees
    • Recruitment
    • Time Off
    • Appraisals
    • Referrals
    • Fleet
    Marketing
    • Social Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • SMS Marketing
    • Events
    • Marketing Automation
    • Surveys
    Services
    • Project
    • Timesheets
    • Field Service
    • Helpdesk
    • Planning
    • Appointments
    Productivity
    • Discuss
    • Approvals
    • IoT
    • VoIP
    • Knowledge
    • WhatsApp
    Third party apps Odoo Studio Odoo Cloud Platform
  • Industries
    Retail
    • Book Store
    • Clothing Store
    • Furniture Store
    • Grocery Store
    • Hardware Store
    • Toy Store
    Food & Hospitality
    • Bar and Pub
    • Restaurant
    • Fast Food
    • Guest House
    • Beverage Distributor
    • Hotel
    Real Estate
    • Real Estate Agency
    • Architecture Firm
    • Construction
    • Estate Management
    • Gardening
    • Property Owner Association
    Consulting
    • Accounting Firm
    • Odoo Partner
    • Marketing Agency
    • Law firm
    • Talent Acquisition
    • Audit & Certification
    Manufacturing
    • Textile
    • Metal
    • Furnitures
    • Food
    • Brewery
    • Corporate Gifts
    Health & Fitness
    • Sports Club
    • Eyewear Store
    • Fitness Center
    • Wellness Practitioners
    • Pharmacy
    • Hair Salon
    Trades
    • Handyman
    • IT Hardware & Support
    • Solar Energy Systems
    • Shoe Maker
    • Cleaning Services
    • HVAC Services
    Others
    • Nonprofit Organization
    • Environmental Agency
    • Billboard Rental
    • Photography
    • Bike Leasing
    • Software Reseller
    Browse all Industries
  • Community
    Learn
    • Tutorials
    • Documentation
    • Certifications
    • Training
    • Blog
    • Podcast
    Empower Education
    • Education Program
    • Scale Up! Business Game
    • Visit Odoo
    Get the Software
    • Download
    • Compare Editions
    • Releases
    Collaborate
    • Github
    • Forum
    • Events
    • Translations
    • Become a Partner
    • Services for Partners
    • Register your Accounting Firm
    Get Services
    • Find a Partner
    • Find an Accountant
    • Meet an advisor
    • Implementation Services
    • Customer References
    • Support
    • Upgrades
    Github Youtube Twitter Linkedin Instagram Facebook Spotify
    +1 (650) 691-3277
    Get a demo
  • Pricing
  • Help

Odoo is the world's easiest all-in-one management software.
It includes hundreds of business apps:

  • CRM
  • e-Commerce
  • Accounting
  • Inventory
  • PoS
  • Project
  • MRP
All apps
You need to be registered to interact with the community.
All Posts People Badges
Tags (View all)
odoo accounting v14 pos v15
About this forum
You need to be registered to interact with the community.
All Posts People Badges
Tags (View all)
odoo accounting v14 pos v15
About this forum
Help

Creating a record or editing an existing record? How to know?

Subscribe

Get notified when there's activity on this post

This question has been flagged
createwriteodoo12.0
3 Replies
10265 Views
Avatar
Paulo Matos

Hi everyone,

For what I know, there's no action called when we click on Create or Edit buttons on Odoo.

The actions are called when we click on "Save" for both situations.

If we are creating a new record, the action called during save is "create".

If we are modifying a record, the action called is "write".

Is there any way I can predict if a record is being created or edited?

Thank you in advance

Best regards

Paulo

0
Avatar
Discard
Avatar
John Gaitho
Best Answer

Hi Paulo,

You can create a Boolean  field called 'is_saved' in your model and give it a default value of False. Then overwrite the create method to update the value to True after the record has been successfully saved. Here is the code;

class SomeModel(models.Model):
...

is_saved = fields.BooleanField(default=False)

@api.model
def create(self, vals, *args, **kwargs):
record = super(SomeModel, self).create(vals, *args, **kwargs)
record.is_saved = True
return record

Then you can tell whether you are editing or creating a record by calling this field. For example on your onchange method you can do:

@api.onchange('some_field')
def onchange_some_field(self):
vals = {}
if not self.is_saved:
vals.update({...})
return {'value': vals}
0
Avatar
Discard
Avatar
Husam Mustafa
Best Answer

if you have specific action and you want to run for both cases,

you can override the create and write method and specify the action inside them,

but generally create functions runs only once and the each save operation will call the write function



Regards

0
Avatar
Discard
Avatar
Haresh Kansara
Best Answer

Hi Paulo,

I am not perfectly understanding you, what actually you want to do.

If you want do detect that record is creating or editing then you can override create() and write() accordingly. and in that you can get created new values and edited new values in create()/write()

See reference: https://goo.gl/FM1B72


if you want to detect event then you have to do JS code i think..


accept and upvote answer if helpful.

Thanks and regards

Haresh Kansara

0
Avatar
Discard
Paulo Matos
Author

Thank you @Haresh,

What I want to do is to "detect" the - event itself. Not create/write at the time we save the form.

Any ideias on how I can detect this events with JS?

Thank you once again

Enjoying the discussion? Don't just read, join in!

Create an account today to enjoy exclusive features and engage with our awesome community!

Sign up
Related Posts Replies Views Activity
update fields on write() method Solved
create write
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
2
Jan 16
36731
launch a wizard before saving a record
wizard create write
Avatar
Avatar
1
Aug 20
5607
Odoo 13 Create() Write() stores old values
create write 13.0
Avatar
Avatar
1
Apr 20
6102
How to create and write multiple records by overriding create and write method of odoo12 Solved
create write odoo12
Avatar
Avatar
1
Sep 19
9790
how to override create or write method Solved
one2many create write
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
3
Jul 17
12719
Community
  • Tutorials
  • Documentation
  • Forum
Open Source
  • Download
  • Github
  • Runbot
  • Translations
Services
  • Odoo.sh Hosting
  • Support
  • Upgrade
  • Custom Developments
  • Education
  • Find an Accountant
  • Find a Partner
  • Become a Partner
About us
  • Our company
  • Brand Assets
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Podcast
  • Blog
  • Customers
  • Legal • Privacy
  • Security
الْعَرَبيّة Català 简体中文 繁體中文 (台灣) Čeština Dansk Nederlands English Suomi Français Deutsch हिंदी Bahasa Indonesia Italiano 日本語 한국어 (KR) Lietuvių kalba Język polski Português (BR) română русский язык Slovenský jazyk slovenščina Español (América Latina) Español ภาษาไทย Türkçe українська Tiếng Việt

Odoo is a suite of open source business apps that cover all your company needs: CRM, eCommerce, accounting, inventory, point of sale, project management, etc.

Odoo's unique value proposition is to be at the same time very easy to use and fully integrated.

Website made with

Odoo Experience on YouTube

1. Use the live chat to ask your questions.
2. The operator answers within a few minutes.

Live support on Youtube
Watch now