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

Odoo 18: import documents and contacts and link them

Subscribe

Get notified when there's activity on this post

This question has been flagged
importdocuments
2 Replies
2649 Views
Avatar
Derk Lebbink

Odoo 18
Enterprise

Whats the fastest way to link 500+ documents to contacts?

Is there a field I can use during importing my contacts which can link their ID to the name of the document or something along the lines of that?

MySQL maybe?

Thanks in advance

0
Avatar
Discard
Avatar
Christoph Farnleitner
Best Answer

You'll have to do it in (slightly) more than just one step, but yes, it's perfectly doable in Odoo.

First, upload your files with an unique name to the Documents app:

The explorer / files window of your OS will allow you to select multiple files (for Windows and Linux this would be done with [Ctrl]+Click - on the file name, I'm sure mac OS has something similar).


To better illustrate it, I've uploaded three random (xlsx) documents to demo.odoo.com, two to the 'Projects' folder, one to the 'Support' folder:


Now, while you could simply set the related Contact directly from here (either in the left hand side Info Section, or by directly clicking on a field in the list to set a Contact for all currently select Documents), granted, for 500+ files this might be tedious. 


So, to import Contacts (or update existing Contacts) via CSV or XLSX, your import file structure would have to look like this:

id email name document_ids
hr.work_contact_hne abigail.peterson39@example.com Abigail Peterson Contact (res.partner) (5).xlsx



Contact (res.partner) (6).xlsx



Contact (res.partner) (7).xlsx

jane@acme.com Jane Doe

john@example.com John Doe a random file.pdf


Note how row 3 and 4 are pretty much empty, apart from the document_ids. This structure allows you to assign multiple records (not limited to Documents) to the line above. So here we have the contacts 

  • Abigail Peterson that should get three files assigned to her ('Contact (res.partner) (5).xlsx', 'Contact (res.partner) (9).xlsx', 'Contact (res.partner) (7).xlsx')
  • Jane Doe without any files
  • John Doe with one file ('a random file.pdf')

Also, having an ID set in the fist column means that Odoo will try to find a matching contact with that (external) ID, or if none found, create a new one - with that ID. For lines without an ID Odo will Always consider it a new record and assign it an ID upon importing.


Upon importing your Contacts file, the wizard now should look similar to this:


And once imported, your Contacts, i.e. Abigail Peterson, will hold a link to these Documents:


For further details see also https://www.odoo.com/documentation/18.0/applications/essentials/export_import_data.html


Please note: If Documents got added by other means or have i.e. been generated and stored by Odoo itself, or if multiple files with the same name got uploaded, things may get a bit more messy due to the fact that we can't rely on the document name being the unique ID to assign files to contacts! To gain knowledge of the required ID for these files then you would first need to export a list of all Documents in order to find the 'external ID' needed.

2
Avatar
Discard
Avatar
jacks wills
Best Answer

In Odoo 18, import documents and contacts via CSV, then link them using contact IDs or related fields.

0
Avatar
Discard
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
import word document in odoo 9
import documents
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
3
Nov 16
5469
Issue with import and comma in Excel File (odoo 19)
import
Avatar
0
Sep 25
234
Importacion de Atributos y Valores
import
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
2
May 25
2254
Import from Winbooks Solved
import
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
Avatar
4
May 25
6622
can i import journal entries from Excel
import
Avatar
Avatar
1
Aug 24
3409
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