Adding a monetary field to a Model

Odoo has special support for monetary values related to a currency. Let's see how to use it in a model.

Getting ready

We will reuse the my_module addon module from Chapter 4, Creating Odoo Addon Modules.

How to do it...

The monetary field needs a complementary currency field to store the currency for the amounts.

The my_module already has a models/library_book.py defining a basic model. We will edit this to add the required fields:

1. Add the field to store the currency that is to be used:

class LibraryBook(models.Model): 
    # ...