Sequence from Python expression

by Sunflower IT , Odoo Community Association (OCA)

v 14.0 Third Party 59

Availability	Odoo Online Odoo.sh On Premise
Lines of code	105
Technical Name	`sequence_python`
License	AGPL-3
Website	https://github.com/OCA/server-tools
Versions	15.0 13.0 14.0

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Sequence from Python expression

This module allows to generate a sequence by a Python formula expression.

Besides common Python functions and operators, it provides several functions like ‘random’ and ‘uuid’ in the expression, as well as variables such as the next number in the sequence. These are also listed next to the input field on the sequence form view.

If you want to add more variables for use in the expression, you can extend this module.

Use cases for this module could be:

You want to generate alphanumeric numbering
You want to apply some math to the number to prevent customers from knowing their place in the sequence
You want to use UUID

Table of contents

Usage
Bug Tracker
Credits

Usage

To use this module, you need to:

Go to the form view of an ir.sequence record
Go to the Python tab
Enable the ‘Use Python’ checkbox
Change the default ‘number’ expression to something more fancy.

Examples:

# To separate the Odoo-generated number with hyphens eg. 0-0-0-0-1
'-'.join(number_padded)

# To have an UUID as the sequence value
uuid.uuid4().hex

# To use an 8-digit binary number
'{0:#010b}'.format(number + 300)[2:]

And so on.

Bug Tracker

Bugs are tracked on GitHub Issues. In case of trouble, please check there if your issue has already been reported. If you spotted it first, help us to smash it by providing a detailed and welcomed feedback.

Do not contact contributors directly about support or help with technical issues.

Credits

Authors

Sunflower IT

Contributors

Tom Blauwendraat <tom@sunflowerweb.nl>
Francesco Apruzzese <cescoap@gmail.com>

Maintainers

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.

This module is part of the OCA/server-tools project on GitHub.

You are welcome to contribute. To learn how please visit https://odoo-community.org/page/Contribute.

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