Odoo Room Booking Module

Introduction

This module is developed to manage room reservations within a company. It allows employees to book meeting rooms and administrators to manage room availability and confirm reservations.

Installation

Prerequisites

• PyCharm Community Edition
• Python 3.10.11
• Visual Studio Build Tools 2022

Setup

1. Install the required Python version and set it as the default interpreter in PyCharm.
2. Clone the Odoo 17 repository:

git clone https://www.github.com/odoo/odoo --depth 1 --branch 17.0 --single-branch odoo17

3. Install the necessary dependencies from the requirements.txt file:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create a superuser in pgAdmin4 named odoo17 with password odoo17 and all privileges.
5. Configure the odoo.conf file with the absolute paths of the addons folder and the login of the superuser odoo17.
6. Set the odoo17 folder as the root directory and launch the application.
7. Go to localhost:8069 to create a new database named admin.

Module Description

The module adds the following functionalities:

• Room Management: Define and manage meeting rooms.
• Reservation Management: Employees can book rooms, and administrators can confirm or cancel reservations.
• Database Integration: Tables for rooms and reservations are created and managed.
• Role-based Access: Different roles for employees and administrators with specific permissions.
• Automated Processes: Reservation and confirmation processes are automated.

Adding the Module

1. Add a folder called custom_addons with the following structure:

• models/: Contains the Python models for the module.
• views/: Contains the XML files for the module's interface.
• security/: Contains the security rules for the module.
• __manifest__.py: The manifest file describing the module.

2. Update the odoo.conf file to include the custom_addons folder in the addon_path.
3. Define models for rooms (salle.py) and reservations (reservation.py).
4. Create views for rooms and reservations (salle_view.xml and reservation_view.xml).
5. Update the security rules in ir.model.access.csv to grant appropriate access rights to the module.
6. Add the created files to the __manifest__.py file.

Testing

1. Launch the application and navigate to the Room Booking module.
2. Test adding rooms and making reservations.
3. Verify that the constraints are enforced, such as the end date being after the start date and the room being available for the requested time.

Contributor

• Asma Hachaichi