This module was written to extend the functionality of the reporting engine to support XML reports and allow modules to generate them by code or by QWeb templates.
To install this module, you need to:
- Install lxml in Odoo's
$PYTHONPATH. - Install the repository reporting-engine.
But this module does nothing for the end user by itself, so if you have it installed it's probably because there is another module that depends on it.
You will be able to download XML reports from the Print menu found on form and list views.
To learn from an example, just check the sample module.
To develop with this module, you need to:
- Create a module.
- Make it depend on this one.
- Follow instructions to create reports having in mind that the
report_typefield in yourir.actions.report.xmlrecord must beqweb-xml.
In case you want to create a custom report, the instructions remain the same
as for HTML reports, and the method that you must override is also called
render_html, even when this time you are creating a XML report.
You can make your custom report inherit report_xml.xsd_checked_report, name
it like your XML <template> id prepended by report., add a xsd()
method that returns a XSD in a string, and have XSD automatic checking for
free.
You can visit http://<server-address>/report/xml/<module.report_name>/<ids>
to see your XML report online as a web page.
For further information, please visit:
- Icon taken from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Text-xml.svg.
- Jairo Llopis <[email protected]>
- Enric Tobella <[email protected]>
This module is maintained by the OCA.
OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and promote its widespread use.
To contribute to this module, please visit http://odoo-community.org.