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Learn Odoo

You're reading from   Learn Odoo A beginner's guide to designing, configuring, and customizing business applications with Odoo

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789536898
Length 504 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Greg Moss Greg Moss
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up Odoo 12 FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing Your First Application 3. Exploring Customer Relationship Management in Odoo 12 4. Purchasing with Odoo 5. Making Goods with Manufacturing 6. Configuring Accounting - Finance Options 7. Administering an Odoo Installation 8. Implementing the Human Resources Application 9. Understanding Project Management 10. Creating Advanced Searches and Dashboards 11. Building a Website with Odoo 12. Implementing E-Commerce with Odoo 13. Customizing Odoo for Your Business 14. Modifying Documents and Reports 15. Discovering Custom Odoo Modules 16. Comparative Analysis of Community versus Enterprise Editions 17. Locating Additional Odoo Resources 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Installing the Employee Directory

When you install the base Odoo applications, you get the ability to manage system users, but you will notice that there are no menu options for entering and managing employees. To begin working with HR applications, you will need to install the base Employee Directory application.

Go to the Settings menu and install the Employee Directory application using the same process as the previous Odoo applications:

After you have installed the Employee Directory application, you will see a new menu at the top called Employees. Clicking on the Menu will take you to a dashboard that displays the Employees in a kanban view as follows:

What you may notice first is that, for better or for worse, Odoo does not consider users employees. The only employee that is in the current Odoo installation is the Administrator. On top of that, there is no built-in mechanism...

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