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Raachid Baiod

If there is a field or quantity not included in the standard OpenERP database, can we customize the database and the modules that interact with the database to have the new field/table taken into account?

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Ray Carnes
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Absolutely!

Python

from openerp.osv import fields,osv

class res_partner(osv.osv):

_inherit = 'res.partner'

_columns = {
       'new_field':fields.char('New Field Name',size=64),
}

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <openerp>
        <data>
            <record id="custom_partner_form" model="ir.ui.view">
                <field name="name">custom.partner.form</field>
                <field name="model">res.partner</field>
                <field name="type">form</field>
                <field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_partner_form"/>
                <field name="arch" type="xml">
                   <field name="name" position="after">
                        <field name="new_field" />
                   </field>
                </field>
        </record>
    </data>
</openerp>

</openerp>

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Ian Beardslee
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Yes. OpenERP is open source, you can do what you want with it at the source level.

I'd recommended ensuring that you built a module for those changes so that you can maintain that as the OpenERP gets updated/upgraded. If it is a change that you think everyone else would want to or should be using you should create a 'bug report' and submit a patch for those changes.

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