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Odoo How to use custom fields in the address layout

I have inherited the res.partner model and added a custom field named "firm1" Now, I need to display this field on every report in the address block. To configure this I went to contacts > Countries > 'My Country' and tried to add my custom field like this:

demonstration of how I tried to add the custom field

however, when saving I get the message "The layout contains an invalid format key"

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Solution

  • You probably have to override either res.partner._address_fields() or res.partner._formatting_address_fields() to add your new field to the returned list of address field names.