Overview

Mandatory Days Extended is a powerful Odoo addon that supercharges the native Odoo Mandatory Days functionality with advanced enforcement options, capacity management, leave-type exemptions, and an employee-facing dashboard widget.

Designed for organizations that need flexible control over company-wide closure periods, public holidays, and mandatory attendance rules — without disrupting Odoo's native leave management workflow.

Core Features

🎯 Three Enforcement Modes

Control how strictly mandatory periods are enforced:

🏢 Department-Level Capacity Management

• Set maximum absence percentages per mandatory period
• Capacity is calculated per employee's department for precision
• Automatically counts validated and planned leaves

✅ Leave Type Exemptions

• Exclude specific leave types (e.g., Sick Leave) from mandatory day restrictions
• Configure exemptions per period for maximum flexibility

👥 Employee Dashboard Widget

• Color-coded dashboard panel showing active and upcoming mandatory periods
• Displays period names, dates, enforcement type, and days until start
• Employees instantly understand mandatory day impacts on their leave requests

📊 Extended Filtering & Scoping

• Filter by department, job position, and leave type
• Scope to specific employees or company-wide
• Advanced search filters for easy management

📅 Status Indicators

• Auto-calculated fields: is_active_now, is_upcoming, days_until_start
• Calendar view with color-coded enforcement types
• Real-time banners on leave forms

🔗 Smart Integrations

• Compatible with our bid leave addon
• Enterprise payroll holidays module compatibility

Real-World Use Cases

• Summer Closure: Block all leave for 2 weeks in August (Hard mode)
• Year-End Shutdown: Enforce capacity limits so essential staff remain available
• Public Holiday Periods: Warn managers but allow exceptions with approval
• Departmental Maintenance: Restrict IT team during system upgrades while other departments proceed normally
• Seasonal Compliance: Manage leave around regulatory or compliance requirements

Technical Highlights

• Non-invasive: Extends native hr.leave.mandatory.day without replacing it
• Constraint-based validation: Enforces rules at create, write, and state-transition time
• Bid leave detection: Automatically skips draft bid leaves with sentinel dates
• Department-aware capacity: Per-department absence calculations protect department operations
• Computed fields: Auto-updated status indicators for real-time insights

Installation

1. Copy the addon to your Odoo addons path
2. Restart Odoo service
3. Update the Apps list in Settings → Apps
4. Search for "Mandatory Days Extended" and click Install

Status & Support

Current Status:
Feature complete and undergoing active testing. Recommended for testing in staging environments before production deployment.

License: LGPL-3
Developed by: One-Iteration