Why does this number exist?
Now your report can answer.
Write what each line of your financial report actually measures — in plain words, in your own language. When an auditor, a new analyst, or the CFO opens a number to review it, the business meaning is right there, next to the figure.
This module is for you if…
- ✓ You explain the same report line for the third time this quarter.
- ✓ You inherited a financial report no one remembers the logic of.
- ✓ Your auditor keeps asking "what does this line actually measure?"
- ✓ New analysts spend their first week deciphering your reports.
The knowledge that walks out the door.
Every time someone reviews a financial report — an auditor, a new analyst, the CFO preparing a board meeting — the same question comes back: "what does this line actually mean?" The label is short, the number is just a number, and the meaning lives somewhere else: a spreadsheet, a wiki, or in the consultant's head.
When the consultant moves on or the spreadsheet gets out of date, that knowledge walks out the door. Each new audit, each onboarding, each handover starts the same investigation again.
Before & after
Same line of the same report — before and after writing an explanation.
↳ The reviewer sees the number, but not what business indicator the line is actually measuring.
↳ The meaning is read first; the numbers below confirm it.
What you get
Four small changes that add up to a self-documenting report.
Write the meaning once
From the standard report configuration, write the business meaning of each line in your own words — the way you would explain it to a colleague. It is saved alongside the report, not in a separate document.
Read it while reviewing
When someone opens the detail of a specific line — typically to audit a number or understand how it was built — your explanation is the first thing they see, before the underlying numbers and formulas.
Doesn't change the daily view
Day-to-day users who just open the report and read the numbers see exactly what they saw before. The explanation only appears for people who explicitly open the detail of a line.
Available in every language
Each language enabled in your system can carry its own version of the explanation, so a French team and an English team each read the meaning in their own words — no manual translation file to maintain.
Benefits to your business
What changes when the meaning lives with the report.
Faster audits
Auditors stop emailing back questions about line definitions — they read the description and move on.
Faster onboarding
A new analyst opens the report, reads the descriptions, and starts using it the same day — no shadow week required.
No vendor lock-in on knowledge
When the consultant who built the report leaves, the business meaning stays with the company.
Less ping-pong with finance
CFO and controllers spend their time on decisions, not on relaying definitions between teams.
A single source of truth
No more separate spreadsheet or wiki to keep in sync with the actual report — the meaning lives where the figure lives.
Compliance, the easy way
For regulated reports (VAS, IFRS, statutory filings), the why behind each line is documented in the system itself — defensible, traceable.
A look inside
How the explanation appears in Odoo.
Overview. The Description field added to each report line, with the matching popover view on the right.
Editing. Write the description from the standard report configuration. Multi-language fields supported.
Reading. When someone reviews a line, the description appears first — before the underlying numbers.
How it works
Three steps after install.
Open a report line
From the standard financial reports configuration in Accounting, pick a report and open any of its lines.
Write the meaning
Fill in the new explanation field with the business meaning of the line — in plain words, as if speaking to a colleague.
Review the report
Anyone opening the detail of a line — to audit it or understand how it was built — sees your explanation as the first row.
Who it is for
Anyone who configures, audits or hands over financial reports.
Document why each line of the report is set up the way it is — so the knowledge stays with the report, not in a single person's head.
Understand what each line is meant to measure at a glance, without having to ask the consultant who originally built the report.
Onboard new analysts faster — the meaning of every line lives next to the report itself, not in a separate document that goes stale.
Compatibility
Read this before purchasing.
Odoo version
Odoo 18.0 Enterprise Edition only — the module extends the Enterprise accounting reports framework. Each major Odoo version is sold as a separate product per Odoo Apps sales conditions.
Hosting
Installable on Odoo.sh and on-premise Odoo. Not installable on Odoo Online (SaaS) — this is an Odoo platform restriction that applies to all third-party apps.
Required dependency
account_reports (Odoo Enterprise).
No OCA modules or external Python packages
required.
Scope of impact
Pure addition. Nothing existing changes — daily users see the same Reporting UI they always did. The new field only surfaces where it is needed.
Support & refund
For questions about installation, custom integrations or bug reports, please reach out via the app page or directly by email:
info@econnector.clickWhen reporting a bug, please include the Odoo version, the app version and the steps to reproduce.
Refunds follow standard Odoo Apps sales conditions — a customer may file a claim within two months of purchase; the author has fifteen days to resolve before escalation.
🇻🇳 Tóm tắt bằng tiếng Việt
Module cho phép kế toán & kiểm toán đọc được ý nghĩa nghiệp vụ thật sự của từng dòng trong báo cáo tài chính — viết một lần, cả công ty đọc được mãi mãi, không phải đi tìm tài liệu hay hỏi consultant gốc.
Phù hợp với: Functional consultant cấu hình báo cáo VAS / IFRS, kế toán & kiểm toán xem báo cáo, đội tài chính cần onboarding nhân sự mới mà không lệ thuộc vào người setup ban đầu.
Lợi ích chính:
- Ghi chú ý nghĩa nghiệp vụ ở ngay cạnh báo cáo — không lưu rời ở Excel hay wiki
- Hỗ trợ đa ngôn ngữ: mỗi ngôn ngữ hệ thống đều có bản mô tả riêng
- Không thay đổi giao diện hằng ngày của user thường — chỉ hiện khi cần
- Knowledge ở lại với công ty kể cả khi consultant rời đi
- Hỗ trợ tuân thủ chuẩn báo cáo (VAS, IFRS, báo cáo statutory) — minh bạch, dễ giải trình
Yêu cầu: Odoo 18.0 Enterprise
(do dùng framework account_reports), cài trên
Odoo.sh hoặc on-premise (Odoo Online SaaS không hỗ trợ
third-party app).
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