Skip to Content
This question has been flagged
res.partnerodoo10
2 Replies
4824 Views
Avatar
Damon

In Odoo 10 and thinking ahead of dealing with companies and parent companies in res.partner

Should/Can I use commercial_company_name for parent company

and company_name for subsidiary/child company

or am I better off adding in Parent Company info into custom fields?

TIA

d

Avatar
Discard
Avatar
Fabrice Henrion (fhe)
Best Answer

If CompanyABC has 2 contacts (children): John and Bob. Then you have 3 partner records:
1. CompanyABC
2. CompanyABC, John
3. CompanyABC, Bob

CompanyABC is the commercial partner. John is a partner. Bob is a partner.

The record that is the commercial partner is used for when it is more useful to consider the whole entity as opposed to each separate partners. For example, if you sell to $100 John and $200 Bob, then a sales report will show that $300 have been sold to CompanyABC.

Avatar
Discard
Damon
Author

Thanks for the enlightenment Fabrice!

Avatar
Damon
Author Best Answer

I found my answer, by filling out info and then checking that which was created in the database and it appears that there is no dif betwixt the two. So I'll add some fields to account for Parent companies.

Avatar
Discard
Related Posts Replies Views Activity
Extending res.partner - first custom field worked, second raises "ProgrammingError: column ... does not exist" - what did I do wrong? Solved
res.partner odoo10
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
8
Apr 23
15821
Mass mailing how to prevent email sending Solved
res.partner mass_mailing odoo10
Avatar
1
Jun 18
2370
Odoo10: Cannot add a record to res.partner using a data file Solved
res.partner data.xml odoo10
Avatar
1
Jan 18
6979
I want to hide some res.partner address fields on the website from public visitors. I used a CSV file with READ permissions on res.partner to do this but it isn't working Solved
res.partner website odoo10
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
7
Nov 16
5595
How to ORDER BY? [Odoo 10] Solved
odoo10
Avatar
Avatar
2
Nov 24
25064