Customizing how records are searched
The Defining the model representation and order tutorial in Chapter 3, Creating Odoo Add-On Modules, introduced the name_get() method, which is used to compute a representation of the record in various places, including in the widget that’s used to display Many2one relations in the web client.
This tutorial will show you how to search for a room in the Many2one widget by room number and name by redefining name_search.
Getting ready
For this tutorial, we will use the following model definition:
class HostelRoom(models.Model):
    def name_get(self):
        result = []
        for room in self:
            member = room.member_ids.mapped('name')
            name = '%s (%s)' % (room.name, &apos...
