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Marco Zanella

Hi, I am a newbie in Odoo development, we use odoo v16.0.

We want to be able to change the color of the backend by using a custom module. We searched the web and found some suggestions.

We have a custom module folder structure with __manifest__.py

My manifest file:

{
​'name': 'Better looking backend theme',
​'summary': 'Better Theme Backend',
​'description': 'Better backend theme',
​'category': 'Theme/Creative',
​'depends': ['base'],
​'author': 'Mickey Mouse',
​'data': [
​ ​'views/assets.xml',
​],
​'assets': {
​ ​"web.assets_backend": [
​ ​ ​'inx_backend_theme/static/src/css/theme.css',
​ ​ ​],
​ ​},
​ ​'images': [
​ ​ ​'static/description/icon.png',
​ ​​],
​ ​'installable': True,
​ ​'auto_install': False,
​ ​'application': True,
}



My assets.xml file



​
​ ​
​ ​ ​ ​
​ ​ ​ ​
​ ​ ​
​ ​
​


The css file

.o_main_navbar {
​background-color: #0071ce !important;
}


This is the log:

The log when attempting to Activate the module:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/odoo/odoo/tools/cache.py", line 85, in lookup r = d[key] ~^^^^^ File "", line 2, in __getitem__ File "/odoo/odoo/tools/func.py", line 87, in locked return func(inst, *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/odoo/odoo/tools/lru.py", line 34, in __getitem__ a = self.d[obj] ~~~~~~^^^^^ KeyError: ('ir.model.data', , 'web.assets_backend') During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/odoo/odoo/tools/convert.py", line 698, in _tag_root f(rec) File "/odoo/odoo/tools/convert.py", line 676, in _tag_template return self._tag_record(record) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/odoo/odoo/tools/convert.py", line 568, in _tag_record f_val = self.id_get(f_ref, raise_if_not_found=nodeattr2bool(rec, 'forcecreate', True)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/odoo/odoo/tools/convert.py", line 681, in id_get res = self.model_id_get(id_str, raise_if_not_found) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/odoo/odoo/tools/convert.py", line 687, in model_id_get return self.env['ir.model.data']._xmlid_to_res_model_res_id(id_str, raise_if_not_found=raise_if_not_found) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/odoo/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_model.py", line 2002, in _xmlid_to_res_model_res_id return self._xmlid_lookup(xmlid)[1:3] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "", line 2, in _xmlid_lookup File "/odoo/odoo/tools/cache.py", line 90, in lookup value = d[key] = self.method(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/odoo/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_model.py", line 1995, in _xmlid_lookup raise ValueError('External ID not found in the system: %s' % xmlid) ValueError: External ID not found in the system: web.assets_backend The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:


When trying to Activate the module I get the above error. Again, we run Odoo CE v16.0

We need help to understand what's wrong

Thanks

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Marco Zanella
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the xml file is not visible, here it is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<odoo>
<data>
<template id="inx_backend_theme" name="Backaend color theme changer" inherit_id="web.assets_backend">
<xpath expr="." position="inside">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/scss" href="/inx_backend_theme/static/src/css/theme.css"/>
</xpath>
</template>
</data>
</odoo>

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Parth Tilokani
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you can use base_setup in depends instead of just base. I think your problem is that system is not recognizing the web.assets_backend id because of 2 reason I suppose

  • There would be spelling mistake
  • Web module is not mentioned in depends directly or indirectly.
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souha chalbi
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Good evening, 
just delete ​'views/assets.xml' from data.
Then this problem is solved.

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