Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

Importing data

First, we have to make sure that the import feature is enabled. It should be enabled by default. If not, the option is available in the Settings app, in the General Settings menu item. Under the Users section, the Import & Export option should be checked.

With this option enabled, list views show an Import option next to the Create button at the top of the list.

The Import & Export setting installs the base_import module, which is responsible for providing this feature.

Let's try a bulk edit on our Contact or Partner data. Open the CSV file we just downloaded in a spreadsheet or a text editor and change a few values. We can also add some new rows, leaving the id column blank for them.

As mentioned previously, the first column, ...