Schema: bbb_employee_to_user

Technical Truth - Models, API endpoints, and data structures

Module Overview

Models

hr.employee (Inherited)

Purpose: Extends employee model with user creation capabilities

Key Methods:

Method Details:

link_to_user()

Creates a new user with:
- login = employee's work_email
- name = employee's name
- image_1920 = employee's photo
- is_employee = True
- employee_id = current employee ID

Also updates employee's address_id and user_id if not set.

archive_user_link()

• Finds user linked to employee via employee_id
• Sets user active = False
• Sets user's partner active = False
• Clears employee's address_id and user_id if they match

active_user_link()

• Finds archived user via related partner
• Sets user active = True
• Sets partner active = True
• Restores employee's address_id and user_id links

res.users (Inherited)

Purpose: Extends user model with employee tracking fields

Relationships:
- employee_id → hr.employee (Many2one)

Controllers / API Endpoints

This module has no controllers or API endpoints. All functionality is triggered via form buttons.

Data Relationships Diagram

┌─────────────────────────┐
│     hr.employee         │
│                         │
│  - is_user (Boolean)    │
│  - user_archived (Bool) │
│  - user_id (M2O) ───────┼──────┐
│  - address_id (M2O) ────┼──┐   │
└─────────────────────────┘  │   │
                             │   │
                             ▼   ▼
┌─────────────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────────────┐
│    res.partner          │  │      res.users          │
│                         │  │                         │
│  (linked via            │  │  - employee_id (M2O) ───┼───► hr.employee
│   address_id)           │  │  - is_employee (Bool)   │
│                         │◄─┼─ partner_id (M2O)       │
└─────────────────────────┘  └─────────────────────────┘

Security Rules

This module does not define its own security rules. Access is controlled by inherited permissions from:
- hr module - for hr.employee access
- base module - for res.users access

Typical access:
| Model | Group | Read | Write | Create | Delete |
|-------|-------|------|-------|--------|--------|
| hr.employee | hr.group_hr_user | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| res.users | base.group_system | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

Database Tables

View Modifications

hr.employee Form View

Inherits: hr.view_employee_form

Adds buttons to header:
- "Link to a user" - visible when is_user=False and user_archived=False
- "Archive user" - visible when is_user=True
- "Active user" - visible when user_archived=True

Adds hidden fields:
- is_user (invisible)
- user_archived (invisible)

res.users Form View

Inherits: base.view_users_form

Adds before notebook:
- is_employee field (readonly)
- employee_id field (readonly, visible only when is_employee=True)

Change History