1. OpenChatter Integration
Thibault Delavallée, R&D Engineer

2. Messaging, OpenChatter
Transversal app
Discuss with customers on
quotations
Feedback on issues
Mailing groups
Discussions on tasks
Subscribe to Newsletters
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3. Messaging, OpenChatter
Transversal features
OpenChatter
Communication history
Subscribe, Followers
Action counters
Mail gateway
Aliases
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4. Demo

5. OpenChatter / mail.thread
OpenChatter in your model:
classclass MyClass((Model):):
_inherit == 'mail.thread'
OpenChatter in your view
<div<div class="oe_chatter">>
<field<field name="message_follower_ids" widget="mail_followers"/>/>
<field<field name="message_ids" widget="mail_thread"/>/>
</div></div>
And you are done !
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6. OpenChatter / mail.thread
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7. OpenChatter / mail.thread
What did it do ? new fields, linking messaging models
_columns == {{
'message_ids':: ...... # communication history
'message_follower_ids':: ...... # followers
'message_unread':: ...... # unread messages
}}
MyClasss MailMessage((Model):):
......
classclass MailMail((Model):):
......
classclass MailFollowers((Model):):
......
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8. OpenChatter / mail.thread
What did it do ? new features
defdef message_post((......):):
defdef message_track((......):):
defdef message_subscribe((......):):
defdef message_process((......):):
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9. Subtypes
Subscription customization
Automatic logging
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10. Subtypes
Define subtypes in XML
<record<record id="mt_task_assigned" model="mail.message.subtype">>
<field<field name="name">>Task Assigned</field></field>
<field<field name="res_model">>project.task</field></field>
<field<field name="default" eval="False"/>/>
</record></record>
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11. Subtypes
Bind them to the model
_columns == {{
'user_id':: fields..many2one(('res.users',,
track_visibility=='onchange'),),
}}
_track == {{
'user_id':: {{
'project.mt_task_assigned':: lambdalambda self,, cr,, uid,, obj,, c==None::
obj..user_id andand obj..user_id..id,,
}}
}}
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12. NeedAction
NeedAction in your model:
classclass MyClass((Model):):
_inherit == 'ir.needaction_mixin'
Define a standard message_unread search filter
<filter<filter string="Unread Messagingges"
name="message_unread"
domain="[('message_unread','=',True)]"
help="Unread messages"/>/>
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13. NeedAction
Action counters
Kanban
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14. Email aliases
Add alias management in your model:
classclass MyClass((Model):):
_inherits == {{'mail.alias':: 'alias_id'}}
_columns == {{
'alias_id':: fields..many2one(('mail.alias',, 'Alias'),),
}}
New record -> new alias
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15. Aliases and Mail Gateway
alias_contact -> privacy settings
alias_force_thread_id -> redirect emails to a document's
thread or create a new document
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16. Summary
Modular approach: inheritance -> features
OpenChatter and Followers -> mail.thread
Needaction -> ir.needaction_mixin
Mail gateway and mail aliases -> mail.alias
Customization through subtypes, tracking
-> inheritance (python)
-> light model decoration
-> a bit of subtypes / aliases (XML)
Play with it !
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ThibaultDelavallée(tde@odoo.com)

17. Thanks for your attention
Questions ? tde@openerp.com