I added a new module that depends on base module, and my model inherits res.partner, i need to add two fields: customer reference and reference type, i did that the way it should be but there is an error that has really irritated me. The error is:
`AttributeError: View definition error for inherited view 'reference.customer_reference_form' on model 'res.partner': Element '<field name="reference_name">' not found in parent view '%(parent_xml_id)s'.`
My reference.py file:
from osv import osv,fields
import decimal_precision as dp
import netsvc
import time
from datetime import date
import pooler
class res_partner_reference(osv.osv):
_name = 'res.partner'
_inherit = 'res.partner'
_columns = {
'reference_name':fields.char('Reference',required=True,size=64,help="Name of the person who refered the customer"),
'category':fields.selection([('none','None'),('painter','Painter'),('carpenter','Carpenter'),('supplier','Supplier')],'Type of Reference', required=True, help="To describe Reference"),
}
res_partner_reference()
and my view:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openerp>
<data>
<record id="customer_reference_form" model="ir.ui.view">
<field name="name">res.partner.form.inherit</field>
<field name="model">res.partner</field>
<field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_partner_form" />
<field name="arch" type="xml">
<data>
<field name="name" position="after"/>
<field name="reference_name"/>
<field name="category"/>
</data>
</field>
</record>
<!-- <record id="customer_reference_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
<field name="name">res.partner.tree.inherit</field>
<field name="model">res.partner</field>
<field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_partner_tree" />
<field name="arch" type="xml">
<data>
<field name="name" position="after"/>
<field name="ref_name"/>
<field name="category"/>
</data>
</field>
</record> -->
<record model="ir.actions.act_window" id="action_reference_form">
<field name="name">Customer References</field>
<field name="res_model">res.partner</field>
</record>
<menuitem name="References" id="menu_sale_references" parent="base.menu_sales" sequence="5" action="action_reference_form" />
<menuitem name="Customer References" id="menu_account_references" parent="account.menu_finance" sequence="3" action="action_reference_form" />
</data>
</openerp>
Kindly help its urgent.