Notes
Notes are an important aspect of a company's operations as these would be used to
describe, store and pass on important information aspects of the company operations.
The Odoo platforms notes module helps the users to create and manage all the notes
and their operations. In addition, as the aspects operate digitally there is zero
waste paper generation. Moreover they are being stored in the company database which
will store the data and the notes for future access.
Below image depicts the window of the home in the notes module. As you can see there
are various default notes which could be generated such as minutes of meetings,
general notes and todo list. The list could be filtered and grouped by the default
options as well as the customisable ones in the window. Moreover the data in the
window could be viewed in the kanban and list view.
In addition, to these the user can create customised note type by selecting the
plus icon available in the window as depicted in the below image
To create a new note the user can simply select the create option available in the
window. Upon which the user will be depicted with the window as shown in the below
image. The use is provided with all the editing tools to make the note as per their
description along with provisions to attach external links and media. Additionally
there is provision to allocate a tag for the respective note upon which the searches
could be done and the note is classified as.
The user can provide a custom made description and change the aspect of the note
to be a minutes of meeting, to do list or any custom made one described by the user.
The module also provides the user to illustrate various visual parameters to the
dashboard. Each note listed in the dashboard could be entitled to a colour for diversification
and understandability.
Activity scheduling is another aspect of the notes module which Odoo offers. The
various activities such as calls, meetings, emails etc could be scheduled under
each note available in the module. To do so select the clock icon available and
click on the schedule an activity option displayed
To schedule an activity the user is displayed with the window as shown below where
an activity type, due date, responsible person could be selected. The detailed description
on the activity could be also described.
In case of scheduling a meeting the user will be depicted with the below window
where the activity summary can be described. To schedule the date the Odoo platform
allows the user to do so via the calendar of the module.
On opening the calendar the user can view all the activities scheduled on the respective
date and the desired activity can be scheduled as per the arrangement and the availability.
The participants of the activity could also be assigned as per the need and the
schedule time also could be described on the date of operation.
The notes module of the Odoo platform would help the users in the creation of notes
and effective management of them thus ensuring that they are not being lost and
are archived in the database for future references.