Settings, users, companies and developer mode

General settings, users and access, companies and branches, and developer mode's technical menus you'll use daily.

In this lesson

Settings and what toggles really do
Users, groups, companies and branches
Developer mode and the Technical menu

Key points

Settings toggles often install modules or grant groups
res.users ↔ res.partner; internal, portal, public; Light User licence in Odoo 20
Multi-company in one database; branches share fiscal setup
Developer mode: ?debug=1, Technical menu, view metadata and external IDs

Real-world example

A new consultant enabled 'Storage Locations' and 'Multi-Step Routes' on a live database to check a menu, and warehouse users suddenly saw extra steps. Developer mode → View Metadata on the warehouse showed the routes it created. She reverted the setting on a staging copy first next time, and wrote 'what this toggle does' into her configuration log.

Questions and answers

Where are scheduled actions (crons) listed?

Settings → Technical → Automation → Scheduled Actions (developer mode).

What's the difference between portal and internal users?

Portal users access only their documents via the portal; internal users use the back-end apps.

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