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Raffaele

Hallo

I'm writing a parser for an Aeroo report for expenses.

In the py code I need to make some reference to specific product categories, created within the same module via XML serialization, eg.:


<record id="park" model="product.category">
            <field name="parent_id" ref="hr_expense.cat_expense"/>
            <field name="name">Parking tickets</field>
        </record>


How can I reference in the py code the category having the id "park"?

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Yogesh
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Hi,

Solution of Serpent Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. is from V7 and works in V8 as well.
for anyone who is needing it in V8 you can do it in a simpler way with new api

record_id = self.env.ref('module_name.xml_id_of_record').id
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fudo

still working for odoo v15

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Serpent Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.
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Hello Raffaele,

All the xml records are stored in "ir.model.data" object. There is a method called "get_object_reference" which gives you the database ID from xml ID.

In this method you have to pass module name where xml record is created and xml ID of the record.

Example:

V7:

self.pool.get('ir.model.data').get_object_reference(cr, uid, 'module_name', 'xml_id_of_record')[1]

V8:

record_id = self.env.ref('module_name.xml_id_of_record').id
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