diff --git a/addons/account/views/account_journal_dashboard_view.xml b/addons/account/views/account_journal_dashboard_view.xml
index c1b6249e086..bbb0f0e885e 100644
--- a/addons/account/views/account_journal_dashboard_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/views/account_journal_dashboard_view.xml
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@
             <field name="domain">[]</field>
             <field name="help" type="html">
                 <p style="margin-left: -90px;">
-                    To track activities in your bank accounts and analyse your sales and purchase journals, install the chart of account matching your country or configure the custom chart of accounts.
+                    This Dashboard helps you manage your accounting.
+                    If you have not yet installed a chart of account, please <strong><a type="action" name="%(open_account_charts_modules)d">install</a></strong> one first.
                 </p>
             </field>
         </record>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/framework/view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/framework/view.js
index 4c28474eaa4..f8791c6bf4f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/framework/view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/framework/view.js
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ var pyeval = require('web.pyeval');
 var Widget = require('web.Widget');
 
 var View = Widget.extend({
+    events: {
+        'click a[type=action]': function (ev) {
+            ev.preventDefault();
+            var action_data = $(ev.target).attr('name');
+            this.do_action(action_data);
+        }
+    },
     // name displayed in view switchers
     display_name: '',
     /**