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Jeff Beidler

I inherited a view and added some new (existing) fields to a list, but I would like to change the default labels for these fields because they are too long.  I tried adding _<label for="product_name" string="Product Name"/>_ in my XML file, but this causes the server to throw an Invalid XML Architecture error. Is it a problem with the syntax of the _<label>_ tag, or do I have to use the _<xpath>_ element?

          <field name="arch" type="xml">
                        <field name="name" position="after">
                            <field name="product_name" string="Product Name"/>
                            <!--<label for="product_name" string="Product Name"/>-->
                            <field name="product_code"/>
                        </field>
           </field>

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Alex Gallien

Could you post the whole code block? What are you trying to accomplish with the

Alex Gallien

The label tag that is.

Jeff Beidler
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I posted the "arch" bit. The default label for "product_name" is "Supplier Product Name". I was trying to shorten that with the label tag to either "Product Name" or simply, "Name".

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Ray Carnes
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You just need to change the string attribute of the field in the XML.

If product_name is the field you are trying to change, simply write this:

<field name="arch" type="xml">
        <field name="product_name" position="attributes">
                <attribute name="string">New Field Label</attribute>
        </field>
</field>

Then, start another <field></field> block for the fields you want to add.

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Jeff Beidler
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Thanks, Ray! Great tip! I knew it must be possible to do in the view XML!

Ahson Mahmood

btw what if we doing with extended views?

Max Westheimer

@Ahson Mahmood: Then you would do this:

<field name="arch" type="xml">
<xpath expr="//field[@name='product_name']" position="attributes">
<attribute name="string">New Product Name</attribute>
</xpath>
</field>

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Alex Gallien
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Try inheriting the class product_supplierinfo and overriding the 'product_name' column by turing this:

        'product_name': fields.char('Supplier Product Name', size=128, help="This supplier's product name will be used when printing a request for quotation. Keep empty to use the internal one.")

Into:

        'product_name': fields.char('Product Name', size=128, help="This supplier's product name will be used when printing a request for quotation. Keep empty to use the internal one.")

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Jeff Beidler
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Yeah, I thought about that. I just thought it might also be possible from the XML view definition. It's just a text string for display, after all! Thanks again! I'll try out your answer.

Jeff Beidler
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Overriding the field in Python code works. :)