Creating business reports

We will continue using the todo_stage module that has been used in previous chapters, and add to it the files implementing the reports.

The report we are going to create will look like this:

The report files should be placed inside a /reports module subdirectory. We will start by adding a reports/todo_report.xml data file. As usual when adding data files, remember to add it to the data key in the __manifest__.py file.

The reports/todo_report.xml file can start off by declaring the new report as follows:

<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<odoo> 
  <report id="action_todo_task_report" 
    string="To-do Tasks" 
    model="todo.task" 
    report_type="qweb-pdf" 
    name="todo_stage.report_todo_task_template" 
  /> 
</odoo> 

The <report> tag is a shortcut to write data to the ir.actions.report.xml model, which is a particular type of client action. Its data is available in the Settings | Technical | Reports menu option.

Note

During the design of the report...