When simply need to parse a domain, it is easier Add .strip() on ir.ui.view as ast.literal_eval produces an syntax error if the node starts with spaces (as done in the xpath of hr_attendance.view_employee_form_inherit_hr_attendance) closes odoo/odoo#43831 Related: odoo/enterprise#7894 Signed-off-by: Martin Trigaux (mat) <mat@odoo.com>