V6 highlights-openerp-2010-05-14

OpenERP 6.0 - What’s new?

Olivier Dony, OpenERP Community Manager

May 14th, 2010

OpenERP 6.0, Business Application SuiteTechnical news for 6.0

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Outline

1 OpenERP 6.0, Business Application Suite

2 Technical news for 6.0

3 Communities!

Olivier Dony OpenERP 6.0 - What’s new?

Quick market analysis


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OpenERP is disruptive

Disruptive Product

Modern programminglanguage

Modular approach,incremental contribution

Fully web-based

Classical or clouddeployment

Disruptive Business

Free download

Contributions andCommunity fuel the product

Value created is fairly splitbetween Customer, ServiceProvider, and Publisher



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2010: Cornerstone for OpenERP

During the last 5 years, OpenERP has matured into a smartEnterprise Management software suite, with a world-widebrand, and a strong market demand.

OpenERP SA will now focus on being the OpenERP Publisher.



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OpenERP Publisher: Key Goals

R&D, Product Development

Services to Partners

Community Relationships

SAAS Offer



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OpenERP 2010

Research and Development

Dedicated R&D teams

SCRUM methodology

Focus on quality

Tests: tools + test suites

Community Relationships

Community Structure

Community Recognition

Communication

Services to Partners (one2many)

Professional Services

Maintenance Services

Training Services

Development Services

SAAS Offer

Low-cost online offer

Standard modules only

Partner Benefits



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Improved usability and ease of useImproved business applicationsDemo

Outline

1 OpenERP 6.0, Business Application SuiteImproved usability and ease of useImproved business applicationsDemo

2 Technical news for 6.0ViewsTest frameworkGeneric framework improvementsModular web client

3 Communities!Official recognitionImproved processesCommunication



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OpenERP 6, Business Application Suite

OpenERP 6.0 is becoming a true suite of Business Applications,not a classical ERP anymore.

By reducing the dependencies between standard modules,OpenERP 6 will make it easier to install specific BusinessApplications only. For example: installing Sales withoutpulling Manufacturing.

By organizing the menu and interfaces in anapplication-centric way, OpenERP will behave like yourtypical dedicated software, for each context.



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Improved usability and ease of use

To bring the usability and ease of use levels of a dedicated pieceof software, OpenERP 6 brings:

Completely redesigned web interface

Applications-centric interface

Per-application menu structure, streamlined

Contextual shortcuts and navigation

Flexible configuration wizards

Simplified lists



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Applications-based interface



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Per-application menu



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Contextual shortcuts and navigation



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Flexible configuration wizards



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Simplified lists



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Improved business applications

Improved, integrated, made more generic

Resources and Projects

HR and surveys

Document Management System

Stock and MRP

Multicompany

CRM

More localisations...



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Demo



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ViewsTest frameworkGeneric framework improvementsModular web client

Technical news for 6.0



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New views and improved lists

No more My Tasks, Open Task, All Tasks, ...

No more select=1, select=2 dilemma

Structured search interface

Expandable groups

Custom filters

Group-by buttons

Diagram views

Buttons in list views



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Simplified menus



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Structured interface, expandable groups



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Search views

Search view syntax example

<search string="Task Edition">(...)<filter string="Current"

domain="[(’state’,’in’,(’open’,’draft’))]"help="Draft, Open and Pending Tasks"icon="terp-project" default="1"/>

(...)</search>



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Expandable groups

Expandable group example

<search string="Task Edition">(...)<group expand="1" string="Group by..."

colspan="4" col="20"><filter (...) /><filter (...) />

</group>(...)</search>



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Group by



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Group by

Group by - example

<search string="Task Edition">(...)<filter string="Users"

icon="terp-project"domain="[]"context="{’group by’:’user id’}"/>

(...)</search>



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Group by

Group by - API example

search group(cr, uid, domain, [],group by=[’user id’, ’project id’],...)

# returns dict with results + domain and context# for expanding groups



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Search view context



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Search view context

Context example

<search string="Products">(...)<field name="location id"

widget="selection"context="{’location’: self}"/>

(...)</search>



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Custom filters



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Diagram view



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Diagram

Diagram view example

<diagram string="Workflow Editor"><node object="workflow.activity"

shape="circle"bgcolor="red">

<field name="name"/></node><arrow object="workflow.transition"

source="act from"destination="act to">

<field name="name"/></arrow>

</diagram>



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Multicompany



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Multicompany

Integrated in base

New ir.rules for filtering

Default company per object

Internal operations



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Security rules



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YAML Serialization

YAML

Simplified human-readable format

Same syntax for data and tests

More flexible than XML serialization

Can use OpenERP API, for Python tests



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YAML

YAML Example

-Scenario: In order to check the survey module

-I Create 1 survey and define 1 survey page

-!record {model: ’survey’, id: survey 0}:

title: ’Partner Feedback’max response limit: 20

-!record {model: ’survey.page’, id: survey pg 0}:

title: ’Who are you?’survey id: survey 0



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New module recorder: test scenarios, data



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Continuous Integration: automated test suite



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Framework changes

improved security (injectionvectors, private methods)

import openerp

openerp client lib

import wizard

simplified links, act window

default focus on fields,buttons

decimal precision for allfloats



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Massive cleanup

terp → openerp(backwards comp.)

cleanup of data load(convert.py)

server startup -i -u -t,rollback

ORM API documenationonline



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Generic tools

mail history per object

base.action.rule

resource object forplanning, used by mrp,project long term

CalDAV calendar sync(Desktop or Web sync)



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Resources



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Modular Web Client

client-side modules

register controllers:/openerp, /webmail

register new widgets (wiki,BI,wysiwyg)



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Official recognitionImproved processesCommunication

Focus on Community Relationship

Official recognition of localOpenERP communities

Community member/partneras well

Improved processes

New website

Communication



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Official recognition

Specific logos like forOpenERP Partners

Section on new openerp.comfor communities(description, contacts,comm, ...)

Must: be open, displaymembers, respect rules

Community events publishedby OpenERP



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Improved processes and tools

Official merge process

General communityprocesses

See guidelines

Easier translation process(synchronized)

Documentation publishedwith translations

Country/Sector-specificevaluation matrix


Community Process


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Improved processes and tools

Official merge process

General communityprocesses

See guidelines

Easier translation process(synchronized)

Documentation publishedwith translations

Country/Sector-specificevaluation matrix



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Improved Communication

Community channels

New website

New blog.openerp.com +OpenERP planet

Twitter

Mailing-lists (soon open toeveryone)

Forum and mailing-list sync

(Facebook, LinkedIn)


Website


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Improved Communication

Community channels

New website

New blog.openerp.com +OpenERP planet

Twitter

Mailing-lists (soon open toeveryone)

Forum and mailing-list sync

(Facebook, LinkedIn)



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Still awake?



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Summary

Summary

2010 and onwards: focuson being OpenERPPublisher

OpenERP 6.0: leap towardsa Business Application Suite,improved ease of use,per-application usability

Communities are a keydriving power of OpenERP,let’s go full throttle!



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Questions?


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