Purpose
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Fields `customer` and `supplier` on `res.partner`
are mostly used in domains of many2x fields.
Those domains can confuse end users because they don't
see the partner they are looking for; and it's not obvious why.
Some identified problems:
1. It can lead to duplicated partners: the user does not find
the partner, so he creates a new one.
2. The user imports supplier contacts in the Contacts app, so they
don't get the `supplier` flag. Then the user wants to make a purchase order,
and cannot find the new suppliers in the list
3. A user removes the customer flag on a prospect, because they don't think
it's a customer yet - except now they can't make a quote for that customer...
Specification
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Remove the two mentioned fields.
Since fields `customer` and `supplier` have been removed, all partners
are now shown in many2one dropdowns.
But in some cases, not all partners are relevant or some are more likely
to be relevant than others. e.g. when creating a PO, top suppliers have a
higher priority than other partners.
So, adapt the places where those fields were used with the new mechanism to
display the searched the partners, according to the number purchase/sales
orders they made.
TaskID: 2031147
Co-authored-by: Yannick Tivisse <yti@odoo.com>
Improved partner form consistency and clarity via following changes:
- Renamed string and tooltip from Shipping address to Delivery address
- Changed description of the customer address
- Re-organised contact partner form and added image of partner
- Changed default avatar to a simpler one that is not Stephane Bern
- Test case improvement
Task ID: 192044
closesodoo/odoo#29917
Various ux improvements in the product and contact form views :
Contact :
- hide/reveal fields according to customer/supplier status and
reorganize
- fields moved to stat buttons
- addresses : tooltip and relabelling
Product:
- Fix re-expense policy (dis-)appearance and fields style
Yannick Tivisse