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Re: Novice question; Add field to 6.1 Employee form?

 

You don't need to update database manually, you do need to update de module
in the  database.
run your openerp-server and add the following parameters:
-d database_name  -u module_to_update.



On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Dale E. Moore <daleemoore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Eric for your suggestions!
>
> /usr/share/pyshared/openerp/addons/hr_contract/hr_contract.py and /usr/share/pyshared/openerp/addons/hr_contract/hr_contract_view.xml are
> chown root.root. And restarting openerp_server did not help. The fields
> still don't appear.
>
> I appreciate your time,
> DaleEMoore@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Eric Caudal <eric.caudal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>  Restart your openerp server. If necessary check your user's right in
>> python directory
>>
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>> On 12/20/2012 08:09 AM, Dale E. Moore wrote:
>>
>> Please pardon my novice question!
>>
>>  I hope to add some fields to the Miscellaneous tab of the Employee
>> form. I've gotten the fields into the DB and Developper mode, view fields
>> says the fields are there, but; they don't appear.
>>
>>  In /usr/share/pyshared/openerp/addons/hr_contract/hr_contract.py after
>>
>>          'contract_id':fields.function(_get_latest_contract,
>> string='Contract', type='many2one', relation="hr.contract", help='Latest
>> contract of the employee'),
>>
>>  I added
>>
>>          'drivers_license': fields.char('Drivers License', size=30),
>>         'drivers_license_expires': fields.date('Drivers License Expires
>> Date'),
>>         'auto_insurance': fields.char('Auto Insurance Policy', size=30),
>>         'auto_insurance_expires': fields.date('Auto Insurance Expires
>> Date'),
>>
>>  I used pgadmin to add the fields to hr_employee. In
>> /usr/share/pyshared/openerp/addons/hr_contract/hr_contract_view.xml after
>>
>>                          <field name="children"/>
>>
>>  I added
>>
>>                          <field name="drivers_license"/>
>>                         <field name="drivers_license_expires"/>
>>                         <field name="auto_insurance"/>
>>                         <field name="auto_insurance_expires"/>
>>
>>  Then I Updated Modules. But Human Resources, Employees, pick an
>> employee, Miscellaneous tab does not have the 4 new fields.
>>
>>  Thanks for any help you can provide,
>> DaleEMoore@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
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