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By: Tintuk Tomin

How to Manipulate Excel Reports in Odoo

Technical Odoo 13 Accounting

There are different modules in which we are handling the excel. Mostly we are using xlrd , xlswriter, etc.
Here we are discussing the functions in xlswriter. Because in odoo mostly use the excel for generating different types of reports. By using the xlswriter we can only write data to an excel

Workbook() :- will create an excel workbook object
Eg: my_excel = xlswriter.Workbook(‘First sheet’)
This will create an workbook with sheet name as ‘First sheet’ and my_excel is the object of the excel.

add_worksheet() :- This will create a worksheet in a workbook.
Eg: worksheet1 = my_excel.add_worksheet(‘New sheet’)

write() :- This function is used to write data to a particular cell in which first 2 arguments are row and column respectively. And the third argument is the value.
Eg: worksheet1.write(0, 0, ‘Names’) 
This will write Names to the cell A1 of that particular sheet.
We can also add formula to a particular cell by using the write()
Eg: worksheet1.write(2, 1, ‘=sum(B0:B2)’) 
This will sum the values of B0, B1 and B2

insert_image() :- This function is used to insert image into a cell.
Eg: worksheet1.insert_image(‘A1’, ‘cybrosys.png’)
The file path can also be specified with the image name. So that it will load the image from that path.

write_number() :- This function is used to write an integer or float to the cell.
Eg : worksheet1.write_number(0, 0, 123456)

write_blank() :- This function is used to write blank space into a cell. The cell will be an empty cell. Ie, a none value.
Eg : worksheet1.write_blank(0,0, None)

write_datetime() :- This function is used to write the datetime details into a cell.
Eg: date_time = datetime.datetime.strptime('2013-01-23', '%Y-%m-%d')
worksheet1.write_blank(0, 0, date_time)

write_url() :- This function is used to write a url into a cell. In normal usage both write() and write_url() are same but by using the write_url() you can use a link and a string name separately..
Eg: worksheet1.write_url(0, 0, 'https://www.cybrosys.com', string='Cybrosys')

set_row() :-  This function is used to set the row height of a row.
Eg: worksheet1.set_row(0, 20)

set_column() :- This function is used to set the width of columns in a particular range.
Eg: worksheet1.set_column(0, 2, 20)

data_validation() :-  This function is used to construct an Excel data validation. The data validation can be applied to a single cell or a range of cells. With Row/Column notation you must specify all four cells in the range: (first_row, first_col, last_row, last_col). If you need to refer to a single cell set the last_ values equal to the first_ values. With A1 notation you can refer to a single cell or a range of cells.
Eg : worksheet.data_validation(0, 0, 4, 1, {parameters})
There are different parameters for the data_validation() which are below

validate
The validate parameter is used to set the type of data that you wish to validate. It is always required and it has no default value. Allowable values are: integer, decimal, list, date, time, length, custom, any
criteria
The criteria parameter is used to set the criteria by which the data in the cell is validated. It is almost always required except for the list, custom and any validate options. It has no default value. The allowed values are between, not between, ==, !=, <, >, <=, >=
value
The value parameter is used to set the limiting value to which the criteria is applied. It is always required and it has no default value. You can also use the synonyms minimum or source to make the validation a little clearer and closer to Excel’s description of the parameter
maximum
The maximum parameter is used to set the upper limiting value when the criteria is either 'between' or 'not between':
ignore_blank
The ignore_blank parameter is used to toggle on and off the ‘Ignore blank’ option in the Excel data validation dialog. When the option is on the data validation is not applied to blank data in the cell. It is on by default
dropdown
The dropdown parameter is used to toggle on and off the ‘In-cell dropdown’ option in the Excel data validation dialog. When the option is on a dropdown list will be shown for list validations. It is on by default.
input_title
The input_title parameter is used to set the title of the input message that is displayed when a cell is entered. It has no default value and is only displayed if the input message is displayed. The maximum title length is 32 characters.
input_message
The input_message parameter is used to set the input message that is displayed when a cell is entered. It has no default value
show_input
The show_input parameter is used to toggle on and off the ‘Show input message when cell is selected’ option in the Excel data validation dialog. When the option is off an input message is not displayed even if it has been set using input_message. It is on by default.
error_title
The error_title parameter is used to set the title of the error message that is displayed when the data validation criteria is not met. The default error title is ‘Microsoft Excel’. The maximum title length is 32 characters.
error_message
The error_message parameter is used to set the error message that is displayed when a cell is entered. The default error message is “The value you entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into the cell
error_type
The error_type parameter is used to specify the type of error dialog that is displayed. There are 3 options are 'stop', 'warning' and 'information'. The default value is 'stop'.
show_error
The show_error parameter is used to toggle on and off the ‘Show error alert after invalid data is entered’ option in the Excel data validation dialog. When the option is off an error message is not displayed even if it has been set using error_message. It is on by default.
condition_format() :- This function is used to add formatting to a cell or range of cells based on user-defined criteria.
Eg: worksheet1.conditional_format('B3:K12', {'type':     'cell',
                                            'criteria': '>=',
                                            'value':    50,
                                            'format':   format1})

Type
Parameters
Cell Criteria

Value

Minimum

Maximum

Format
DateCriteria

Value

Minimum

Maximum

Format
Time_periodCriteria

Format
TextCriteria

Value

Format
AverageCriteria

Format
DuplicateFormat
UniqueFormat
TopCriteria

Value

Format
BottomCriteria

Value

Format
BlanksFormat
No_blanksFormat
ErrorsFormat
FormulaCriteria

Format
2_color_scaleMin_type

Max_type

Min_value

Max_value

Min_color

Max_color
3_color_scalemin_type

mid-type

max_type

min-value

mid_value

max_value

min_color

mid_color

max_color
data_barmin_type

max_type

min_value

max_value

bar_only

bar_color

bar_solid

bar_negative_color

bar_border_color

bar_negative_border_color

bar_negative_color_same

bar_negative_border_color_same

bar_no-border

bar_direction

bar_axis_position

bar_axis_color

data_bar_2010
icon_seticon_style

reverse_icons

icons

icons_only
write_comment() :- This function is used to add a comment to a cell. A comment is indicated in Excel by a small red triangle in the upper right-hand corner of the cell. Moving the cursor over the red triangle will reveal the comment.
Eg: worksheet1.write_comment(0, 0, ‘My comment in the cell’)

merge_range() :- This function is used to merge different cell in excel. Also this will write data to the merged cells. 
Eg: worksheet1.merge_range(0, 0, 2, 2, ‘Merged Cells’, format_ogject)

freeze_panes() :- This function is used to freeze the row and column in excel.
Eg: worksheet1.freeze_panes(1, 1)
This will freeze the first row and column of the sheet.

split_panes() :- This function is used to divide the excel into horizontal or vertical regions known as panes. The splits between the panes will be visible to the user and each pane will have its own scroll bars.

right_to_left() :- This function is used to change the default direction of the worksheet from left-to-right, with the A1 cell in the top left, to right-to-left, with the A1 cell in the top right
Eg: worksheet1.right_to_left()

set_tab_color() :- This function is used to set the tab color of the excel.
Eg: worksheet1.set_tab_color(‘red’)

add_format() :- Used to set format to a cell
Eg :- format = my_excel.add_format({'bold': True})
Here in the above example format is the object of the created format. We can pass different style formats as dictionary keys and values. 
Few formats are below:


Category
Description
Property
Method Name
Font
Font type
‘font_name’
set_font_name()

Font size
‘font_size’
set_font_size()

Font color
‘font_color’set_font_color()

Bold
‘bold’
set_bold()

Italic
‘italic’
set_italic()

Underline
‘underline’
set_underline()

Strikeout
‘font_strikeout’set_font_strikeout()

Super/Subscript
‘font_script’
set_font_script()
Number
Numeric format
‘num_format’
set_num_format()
Protection
Lock cells
‘locked’
set_locked()

Hide formulas
‘hidden’
set_hidden()
Alignment
Horizontal align
‘align’
set_align()

Vertical align
‘valign’
set_align()

Rotation
‘rotation’
set_rotation()

Text wrap
‘text_wrap’
set_text_wrap()

Reading order
‘reading_order’
set_reading_order()

Justify last
‘text_justlast’
set_text_justlast()

Center across
‘center_across’
set_center_across()

Indentation
‘indent’set_indent()

Shrink to fit’
‘shrink’
set_shrink()
Pattern
Cell pattern
‘pattern’
set_pattern()

Background color
‘bg_color’
set_bg_color()

Foreground color
‘fg_color’
set_fg_color()
Border
Cell border
‘border’
set_border()

Bottom border
‘bottom’
set_bottom()

Top border
‘top’
set_top()

Left border
‘left’
set_left()

Right border
‘right’
set_right()

‘Border color
‘border_color’set_border_color()

Bottom color
‘bottom_color’
set_bottom_color()

Top color
‘top_color’
set_top_color()

Left color
‘left_color’set_left_color()

Right color
‘right_color’
set_right_color()

I hope you understand different functions that are used in odoo to prepare different excel formats by using the python xlswriter package.


You can also check Odoo Accounting Reports in Excel




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