diff --git a/addons/account/models/account_bank_statement.py b/addons/account/models/account_bank_statement.py
index 5025a24b3cd..09b5ba80391 100644
--- a/addons/account/models/account_bank_statement.py
+++ b/addons/account/models/account_bank_statement.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class AccountBankStatement(models.Model):
     _inherit = ['mail.thread']
 
     name = fields.Char(string='Reference', states={'open': [('readonly', False)]}, copy=False, readonly=True)
-    date = fields.Date(required=True, states={'confirm': [('readonly', True)]}, select=True, copy=False, default=fields.Date.context_today)
+    date = fields.Date(required=True, states={'confirm': [('readonly', True)]}, index=True, copy=False, default=fields.Date.context_today)
     date_done = fields.Datetime(string="Closed On")
     balance_start = fields.Monetary(string='Starting Balance', states={'confirm': [('readonly', True)]}, default=_default_opening_balance)
     balance_end_real = fields.Monetary('Ending Balance', states={'confirm': [('readonly', True)]})
diff --git a/addons/account_voucher/account_voucher.py b/addons/account_voucher/account_voucher.py
index 8116df538c4..2ba2602ad25 100644
--- a/addons/account_voucher/account_voucher.py
+++ b/addons/account_voucher/account_voucher.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ class AccountVoucher(models.Model):
     pay_now = fields.Selection([
             ('pay_now', 'Pay Directly'),
             ('pay_later', 'Pay Later'),
-        ], 'Payment', select=True, readonly=True, states={'draft': [('readonly', False)]}, default='pay_later')
-    date_due = fields.Date('Due Date', readonly=True, select=True, states={'draft': [('readonly', False)]})
+        ], 'Payment', index=True, readonly=True, states={'draft': [('readonly', False)]}, default='pay_later')
+    date_due = fields.Date('Due Date', readonly=True, index=True, states={'draft': [('readonly', False)]})
 
     @api.onchange('partner_id', 'pay_now')
     def onchange_partner_id(self):
diff --git a/addons/event/models/event.py b/addons/event/models/event.py
index c14ce0e51cc..5348726b100 100644
--- a/addons/event/models/event.py
+++ b/addons/event/models/event.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class event_registration(models.Model):
         string='Status', default='draft', readonly=True, copy=False, track_visibility='onchange')
     email = fields.Char(string='Email')
     phone = fields.Char(string='Phone')
-    name = fields.Char(string='Attendee Name', select=True)
+    name = fields.Char(string='Attendee Name', index=True)
 
     @api.one
     @api.constrains('event_id', 'state')
diff --git a/addons/event_sale/wizard/event_edit_registration.py b/addons/event_sale/wizard/event_edit_registration.py
index 98f6553f5a6..0526db91646 100644
--- a/addons/event_sale/wizard/event_edit_registration.py
+++ b/addons/event_sale/wizard/event_edit_registration.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class RegistrationEditorLine(models.TransientModel):
     event_ticket_id = fields.Many2one('event.event.ticket', string='Event Ticket')
     email = fields.Char(string='Email')
     phone = fields.Char(string='Phone')
-    name = fields.Char(string='Name', select=True)
+    name = fields.Char(string='Name', index=True)
 
     @api.one
     def get_registration_data(self):
diff --git a/addons/hr_equipment/models/hr_equipment.py b/addons/hr_equipment/models/hr_equipment.py
index fa7ebe2e95f..0d48366224f 100644
--- a/addons/hr_equipment/models/hr_equipment.py
+++ b/addons/hr_equipment/models/hr_equipment.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class HrEquipmentRequest(models.Model):
     employee_id = fields.Many2one('hr.employee', string='Employee', default=_default_employee_get)
     department_id = fields.Many2one('hr.department', string='Department')
     category_id = fields.Many2one('hr.equipment.category', string='Category')
-    equipment_id = fields.Many2one('hr.equipment', string='Asset', select=True)
+    equipment_id = fields.Many2one('hr.equipment', string='Asset', index=True)
     user_id = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='Assigned to', track_visibility='onchange')
     stage_id = fields.Many2one('hr.equipment.stage', string='Stage', track_visibility='onchange', default=_default_stage)
     priority = fields.Selection([('0', 'Very Low'), ('1', 'Low'), ('2', 'Normal'), ('3', 'High')], string='Priority')
diff --git a/addons/hr_recruitment/models/hr_recruitment.py b/addons/hr_recruitment/models/hr_recruitment.py
index 5d52ca247cd..fdcbf8be550 100644
--- a/addons/hr_recruitment/models/hr_recruitment.py
+++ b/addons/hr_recruitment/models/hr_recruitment.py
@@ -111,19 +111,19 @@ class Applicant(models.Model):
                            help="These email addresses will be added to the CC field of all inbound and outbound emails for this record before being sent. Separate multiple email addresses with a comma")
     probability = fields.Float("Probability")
     partner_id = fields.Many2one('res.partner', "Contact")
-    create_date = fields.Datetime("Creation Date", readonly=True, select=True)
+    create_date = fields.Datetime("Creation Date", readonly=True, index=True)
     write_date = fields.Datetime("Update Date", readonly=True)
     stage_id = fields.Many2one('hr.recruitment.stage', 'Stage', track_visibility='onchange',
-                               domain="[('job_ids', '=', job_id)]", copy=False, select=1,
+                               domain="[('job_ids', '=', job_id)]", copy=False, index=True,
                                default=_default_stage_id)
     last_stage_id = fields.Many2one('hr.recruitment.stage', "Last Stage",
                                     help="Stage of the applicant before being in the current stage. Used for lost cases analysis.")
     categ_ids = fields.Many2many('hr.applicant.category', string="Tags")
     company_id = fields.Many2one('res.company', "Company", default=_default_company_id)
     user_id = fields.Many2one('res.users', "Responsible", track_visibility="onchange", default=lambda self: self.env.uid)
-    date_closed = fields.Datetime("Closed", readonly=True, select=True)
-    date_open = fields.Datetime("Assigned", readonly=True, select=True)
-    date_last_stage_update = fields.Datetime("Last Stage Update", select=True, default=fields.Datetime.now)
+    date_closed = fields.Datetime("Closed", readonly=True, index=True)
+    date_open = fields.Datetime("Assigned", readonly=True, index=True)
+    date_last_stage_update = fields.Datetime("Last Stage Update", index=True, default=fields.Datetime.now)
     date_action = fields.Date("Next Action Date")
     title_action = fields.Char("Next Action", size=64)
     priority = fields.Selection(AVAILABLE_PRIORITIES, "Appreciation", default='0')
diff --git a/addons/lunch/models/lunch.py b/addons/lunch/models/lunch.py
index c0a194df053..8b9af708905 100644
--- a/addons/lunch/models/lunch.py
+++ b/addons/lunch/models/lunch.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class LunchOrderLine(models.Model):
                               ('confirmed', 'Received'),
                               ('ordered', 'Ordered'),
                               ('cancelled', 'Cancelled')],
-                             'Status', readonly=True, select=True, default='new')
+                             'Status', readonly=True, index=True, default='new')
     cashmove = fields.One2many('lunch.cashmove', 'order_id', 'Cash Move')
     currency_id = fields.Many2one('res.currency', related='order_id.currency_id')
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class LunchAlert(models.Model):
     alert_type = fields.Selection([('specific', 'Specific Day'),
                                    ('week', 'Every Week'),
                                    ('days', 'Every Day')],
-                                  string='Recurrency', required=True, select=True, default='specific')
+                                  string='Recurrency', required=True, index=True, default='specific')
     specific_day = fields.Date('Day', default=fields.Date.context_today)
     monday = fields.Boolean('Monday')
     tuesday = fields.Boolean('Tuesday')
diff --git a/addons/mail/models/mail_channel.py b/addons/mail/models/mail_channel.py
index 578828d9757..e2a99d350ba 100644
--- a/addons/mail/models/mail_channel.py
+++ b/addons/mail/models/mail_channel.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Channel(models.Model):
         ('channel', 'Channel')],
         'Channel Type', default='channel')
     description = fields.Text('Description')
-    uuid = fields.Char('UUID', size=50, select=True, default=lambda self: '%s' % uuid.uuid4())
+    uuid = fields.Char('UUID', size=50, index=True, default=lambda self: '%s' % uuid.uuid4())
     email_send = fields.Boolean('Send messages by email', default=False)
     # multi users channel
     channel_last_seen_partner_ids = fields.One2many('mail.channel.partner', 'channel_id', string='Last Seen')
diff --git a/addons/mail/models/mail_followers.py b/addons/mail/models/mail_followers.py
index 2dd62582b1d..eda2c0647a4 100644
--- a/addons/mail/models/mail_followers.py
+++ b/addons/mail/models/mail_followers.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ class Followers(models.Model):
     _description = 'Document Followers'
 
     res_model = fields.Char(
-        'Related Document Model', required=True, select=1, help='Model of the followed resource')
+        'Related Document Model', required=True, index=True, help='Model of the followed resource')
     res_id = fields.Integer(
-        'Related Document ID', select=1, help='Id of the followed resource')
+        'Related Document ID', index=True, help='Id of the followed resource')
     partner_id = fields.Many2one(
-        'res.partner', string='Related Partner', ondelete='cascade', select=1)
+        'res.partner', string='Related Partner', ondelete='cascade', index=True)
     channel_id = fields.Many2one(
-        'mail.channel', string='Listener', ondelete='cascade', select=1)
+        'mail.channel', string='Listener', ondelete='cascade', index=True)
     subtype_ids = fields.Many2many(
         'mail.message.subtype', string='Subtype',
         help="Message subtypes followed, meaning subtypes that will be pushed onto the user's Wall.")
diff --git a/addons/mail/models/mail_message.py b/addons/mail/models/mail_message.py
index 3ef01566916..025afc90b20 100644
--- a/addons/mail/models/mail_message.py
+++ b/addons/mail/models/mail_message.py
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ class Message(models.Model):
         help='Attachments are linked to a document through model / res_id and to the message'
              'through this field.')
     parent_id = fields.Many2one(
-        'mail.message', 'Parent Message', select=True, ondelete='set null',
+        'mail.message', 'Parent Message', index=True, ondelete='set null',
         help="Initial thread message.")
     child_ids = fields.One2many('mail.message', 'parent_id', 'Child Messages')
     # related document
-    model = fields.Char('Related Document Model', select=1)
-    res_id = fields.Integer('Related Document ID', select=1)
+    model = fields.Char('Related Document Model', index=True)
+    res_id = fields.Integer('Related Document ID', index=True)
     record_name = fields.Char('Message Record Name', help="Name get of the related document.")
     # characteristics
     message_type = fields.Selection([
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ class Message(models.Model):
         help="Message type: email for email message, notification for system "
              "message, comment for other messages such as user replies",
         oldname='type')
-    subtype_id = fields.Many2one('mail.message.subtype', 'Subtype', ondelete='set null', select=1)
+    subtype_id = fields.Many2one('mail.message.subtype', 'Subtype', ondelete='set null', index=True)
     # origin
     email_from = fields.Char(
         'From', default=_get_default_from,
         help="Email address of the sender. This field is set when no matching partner is found and replaces the author_id field in the chatter.")
     author_id = fields.Many2one(
-        'res.partner', 'Author', select=1,
+        'res.partner', 'Author', index=True,
         ondelete='set null', default=_get_default_author,
         help="Author of the message. If not set, email_from may hold an email address that did not match any partner.")
     author_avatar = fields.Binary("Author's avatar", related='author_id.image_small')
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Message(models.Model):
     no_auto_thread = fields.Boolean(
         'No threading for answers',
         help='Answers do not go in the original document discussion thread. This has an impact on the generated message-id.')
-    message_id = fields.Char('Message-Id', help='Message unique identifier', select=1, readonly=1, copy=False)
+    message_id = fields.Char('Message-Id', help='Message unique identifier', index=True, readonly=1, copy=False)
     reply_to = fields.Char('Reply-To', help='Reply email address. Setting the reply_to bypasses the automatic thread creation.')
     mail_server_id = fields.Many2one('ir.mail_server', 'Outgoing mail server')
 
diff --git a/addons/mail/models/mail_template.py b/addons/mail/models/mail_template.py
index 4bb2b2378cf..c4346fd6c71 100644
--- a/addons/mail/models/mail_template.py
+++ b/addons/mail/models/mail_template.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class MailTemplate(models.Model):
 
     name = fields.Char('Name')
     model_id = fields.Many2one('ir.model', 'Applies to', help="The kind of document with with this template can be used")
-    model = fields.Char('Related Document Model', related='model_id.model', select=True, store=True, readonly=True)
+    model = fields.Char('Related Document Model', related='model_id.model', index=True, store=True, readonly=True)
     lang = fields.Char('Language',
                        help="Optional translation language (ISO code) to select when sending out an email. "
                             "If not set, the english version will be used. "
diff --git a/addons/mail/models/mail_tracking_value.py b/addons/mail/models/mail_tracking_value.py
index 87c26590550..8619c69404d 100644
--- a/addons/mail/models/mail_tracking_value.py
+++ b/addons/mail/models/mail_tracking_value.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class MailTracking(models.Model):
     new_value_text = fields.Text('New Value Text', readonly=1)
     new_value_datetime = fields.Datetime('New Value Datetime', readonly=1)
 
-    mail_message_id = fields.Many2one('mail.message', 'Message ID', required=True, select=True, ondelete='cascade')
+    mail_message_id = fields.Many2one('mail.message', 'Message ID', required=True, index=True, ondelete='cascade')
 
     @api.model
     def create_tracking_values(self, initial_value, new_value, col_name, col_info):
diff --git a/addons/mail/wizard/invite.py b/addons/mail/wizard/invite.py
index bb6e8e9aeb4..a8bbccebfb5 100644
--- a/addons/mail/wizard/invite.py
+++ b/addons/mail/wizard/invite.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class Invite(models.TransientModel):
             result['message'] = _('<div><p>Hello,</p><p>%s invited you to follow a new document.</p></div>') % user_name
         return result
 
-    res_model = fields.Char('Related Document Model', required=True, select=1, help='Model of the followed resource')
-    res_id = fields.Integer('Related Document ID', select=1, help='Id of the followed resource')
+    res_model = fields.Char('Related Document Model', required=True, index=True, help='Model of the followed resource')
+    res_id = fields.Integer('Related Document ID', index=True, help='Id of the followed resource')
     partner_ids = fields.Many2many('res.partner', string='Recipients', help="List of partners that will be added as follower of the current document.")
     channel_ids = fields.Many2many('mail.channel', string='Channels', help='List of channels that will be added as listeners of the current document.',
                                    domain=[('channel_type', '=', 'channel')])
diff --git a/addons/mail/wizard/mail_compose_message.py b/addons/mail/wizard/mail_compose_message.py
index d8b88f9fce3..6296496662a 100644
--- a/addons/mail/wizard/mail_compose_message.py
+++ b/addons/mail/wizard/mail_compose_message.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class MailComposer(models.TransientModel):
     # mass mode options
     notify = fields.Boolean('Notify followers', help='Notify followers of the document (mass post only)')
     template_id = fields.Many2one(
-        'mail.template', 'Use template', select=True,
+        'mail.template', 'Use template', index=True,
         domain="[('model', '=', model)]")
 
     @api.multi
diff --git a/addons/purchase/invoice.py b/addons/purchase/invoice.py
index c8f9eeb98fd..d1c84174ad3 100644
--- a/addons/purchase/invoice.py
+++ b/addons/purchase/invoice.py
@@ -183,6 +183,6 @@ class AccountInvoiceLine(models.Model):
     """ Override AccountInvoice_line to add the link to the purchase order line it is related to"""
     _inherit = 'account.invoice.line'
 
-    purchase_line_id = fields.Many2one('purchase.order.line', 'Purchase Order Line', ondelete='set null', select=True, readonly=True)
+    purchase_line_id = fields.Many2one('purchase.order.line', 'Purchase Order Line', ondelete='set null', index=True, readonly=True)
     purchase_id = fields.Many2one('purchase.order', related='purchase_line_id.order_id', string='Purchase Order', store=False, readonly=True,
         help='Associated Purchase Order. Filled in automatically when a PO is chosen on the vendor bill.')
diff --git a/addons/purchase/purchase.py b/addons/purchase/purchase.py
index 2123b4bec5b..bb115c10cbf 100644
--- a/addons/purchase/purchase.py
+++ b/addons/purchase/purchase.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class PurchaseOrder(models.Model):
         'cancel': [('readonly', True)],
     }
 
-    name = fields.Char('Order Reference', required=True, select=True, copy=False, default='New')
+    name = fields.Char('Order Reference', required=True, index=True, copy=False, default='New')
     origin = fields.Char('Source Document', copy=False,\
         help="Reference of the document that generated this purchase order "
              "request (e.g. a sale order or an internal procurement request)")
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ class PurchaseOrder(models.Model):
              "It's used to do the matching when you receive the "
              "products as this reference is usually written on the "
              "delivery order sent by your vendor.")
-    date_order = fields.Datetime('Order Date', required=True, states=READONLY_STATES, select=True, copy=False, default=fields.Datetime.now,\
+    date_order = fields.Datetime('Order Date', required=True, states=READONLY_STATES, index=True, copy=False, default=fields.Datetime.now,\
         help="Depicts the date where the Quotation should be validated and converted into a purchase order.")
-    date_approve = fields.Date('Approval Date', readonly=1, select=True, copy=False)
+    date_approve = fields.Date('Approval Date', readonly=1, index=True, copy=False)
     partner_id = fields.Many2one('res.partner', string='Vendor', required=True, states=READONLY_STATES, change_default=True, track_visibility='always')
     dest_address_id = fields.Many2one('res.partner', string='Drop Ship Address', states=READONLY_STATES,\
         help="Put an address if you want to deliver directly from the vendor to the customer. "\
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class PurchaseOrder(models.Model):
         ('purchase', 'Purchase Order'),
         ('done', 'Done'),
         ('cancel', 'Cancelled')
-        ], string='Status', readonly=True, select=True, copy=False, default='draft', track_visibility='onchange')
+        ], string='Status', readonly=True, index=True, copy=False, default='draft', track_visibility='onchange')
     order_line = fields.One2many('purchase.order.line', 'order_id', string='Order Lines', states=READONLY_STATES, copy=True)
     notes = fields.Text('Terms and Conditions')
 
diff --git a/addons/website_forum/models/forum.py b/addons/website_forum/models/forum.py
index 6bc26b35efa..afec8963313 100644
--- a/addons/website_forum/models/forum.py
+++ b/addons/website_forum/models/forum.py
@@ -209,14 +209,14 @@ class Post(models.Model):
     )
 
     # history
-    create_date = fields.Datetime('Asked on', select=True, readonly=True)
-    create_uid = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='Created by', select=True, readonly=True)
-    write_date = fields.Datetime('Update on', select=True, readonly=True)
+    create_date = fields.Datetime('Asked on', index=True, readonly=True)
+    create_uid = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='Created by', index=True, readonly=True)
+    write_date = fields.Datetime('Update on', index=True, readonly=True)
     bump_date = fields.Datetime('Bumped on', readonly=True,
                                 help="Technical field allowing to bump a question. Writing on this field will trigger "
                                      "a write on write_date and therefore bump the post. Directly writing on write_date "
                                      "is currently not supported and this field is a workaround.")
-    write_uid = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='Updated by', select=True, readonly=True)
+    write_uid = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='Updated by', index=True, readonly=True)
     relevancy = fields.Float('Relevance', compute="_compute_relevancy", store=True)
 
     # vote
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class Post(models.Model):
 
     # closing
     closed_reason_id = fields.Many2one('forum.post.reason', string='Reason')
-    closed_uid = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='Closed by', select=1)
+    closed_uid = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='Closed by', index=True)
     closed_date = fields.Datetime('Closed on', readonly=True)
 
     # karma calculation and access
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ class Vote(models.Model):
     post_id = fields.Many2one('forum.post', string='Post', ondelete='cascade', required=True)
     user_id = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='User', required=True, default=lambda self: self._uid)
     vote = fields.Selection([('1', '1'), ('-1', '-1'), ('0', '0')], string='Vote', required=True, default='1')
-    create_date = fields.Datetime('Create Date', select=True, readonly=True)
+    create_date = fields.Datetime('Create Date', index=True, readonly=True)
     forum_id = fields.Many2one('forum.forum', string='Forum', related="post_id.forum_id", store=True)
     recipient_id = fields.Many2one('res.users', string='To', related="post_id.create_uid", store=True)
 
diff --git a/addons/website_forum/models/res_users.py b/addons/website_forum/models/res_users.py
index 44206d2b27e..0cf5779fcb1 100644
--- a/addons/website_forum/models/res_users.py
+++ b/addons/website_forum/models/res_users.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Users(models.Model):
                 ['country_id', 'city', 'website', 'website_description', 'website_published']))
         return init_res
 
-    create_date = fields.Datetime('Create Date', readonly=True, copy=False, select=True)
+    create_date = fields.Datetime('Create Date', readonly=True, copy=False, index=True)
     karma = fields.Integer('Karma', default=0)
     badge_ids = fields.One2many('gamification.badge.user', 'user_id', string='Badges', copy=False)
     gold_badge = fields.Integer('Gold badges count', compute="_get_user_badge_level")
diff --git a/addons/website_slides/models/slides.py b/addons/website_slides/models/slides.py
index 71a2adde0f4..474fa747ccd 100644
--- a/addons/website_slides/models/slides.py
+++ b/addons/website_slides/models/slides.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class EmbeddedSlide(models.Model):
     _description = 'Embedded Slides View Counter'
     _rec_name = 'slide_id'
 
-    slide_id = fields.Many2one('slide.slide', string="Presentation", required=True, select=1)
+    slide_id = fields.Many2one('slide.slide', string="Presentation", required=True, index=True)
     url = fields.Char('Third Party Website URL', required=True)
     count_views = fields.Integer('# Views', default=1)
 
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_bank.py b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_bank.py
index 31af80d893c..0acdbe100bb 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_bank.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_bank.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Bank(models.Model):
     phone = fields.Char()
     fax = fields.Char()
     active = fields.Boolean(default=True)
-    bic = fields.Char('Bank Identifier Code', select=True, help="Sometimes called BIC or Swift.")
+    bic = fields.Char('Bank Identifier Code', index=True, help="Sometimes called BIC or Swift.")
 
     @api.multi
     @api.depends('name', 'bic')
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ResPartnerBank(models.Model):
     acc_type = fields.Char(compute='_compute_acc_type', help='Bank account type, inferred from account number')
     acc_number = fields.Char('Account Number', required=True)
     sanitized_acc_number = fields.Char(compute='_compute_sanitized_acc_number', string='Sanitized Account Number', readonly=True, store=True)
-    partner_id = fields.Many2one('res.partner', 'Account Holder', ondelete='cascade', select=True, domain=['|', ('is_company', '=', True), ('parent_id', '=', False)])
+    partner_id = fields.Many2one('res.partner', 'Account Holder', ondelete='cascade', index=True, domain=['|', ('is_company', '=', True), ('parent_id', '=', False)])
     bank_id = fields.Many2one('res.bank', string='Bank')
     bank_name = fields.Char(related='bank_id.name')
     bank_bic = fields.Char(related='bank_id.bic')