Enabling the archive option for records

Odoo provides inbuilt features to enable archive and unarchive options for records. This will help the user to hide records that are no longer important. In this recipe, we will add an archive/unarchive option for a book. We can archive a book once it is not available.

Getting started

For this recipe, we will be using the my_library module from the previous recipe.

How to do it...

Archive and unarchive mostly work automatically. The options are available on a record if the model has a Boolean field named active. We already have an active field in the library.book model. But if you have not added it, follow these steps to add the active field:

1. Add an active Boolean field to the library.book model like this:

   active = fields.Boolean(default=True)

2. Add an active field in the form view:

   <field name="active" invisible="1"/>

Update the my_library module to apply the changes. Now, you will be able...