[IMP] hr_holidays: Allow to select start date for accruals for allocation

Currently it was not possible select start date for accruals
leave allocation. it was default taken as today's date.

So purpose of this task is to make start date field of accrual
time off visible so user do not have to wait until day to add a day off

In this commit, we make start date field of accrual time off visible with
default value as today and also check for the start date in cron method.

closes odoo/odoo#46811

Taskid: 2199326
Closes: #46811
Signed-off-by: Yannick Tivisse (yti) <yti@odoo.com>

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/models/hr_leave_allocation.py b/addons/hr_holidays/models/hr_leave_allocation.py
index 60aa7985ad8..0f69967cbeb 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/models/hr_leave_allocation.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/models/hr_leave_allocation.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class HolidaysAllocation(models.Model):
         "\nThe status is 'Refused', when an allocation request is refused by manager." +
         "\nThe status is 'Approved', when an allocation request is approved by manager.")
     date_from = fields.Datetime(
-        'Start Date', readonly=True, index=True, copy=False,
+        'Start Date', readonly=True, index=True, copy=False, default=fields.Date.context_today,
         states={'draft': [('readonly', False)], 'confirm': [('readonly', False)]}, tracking=True)
     date_to = fields.Datetime(
         'End Date', readonly=True, copy=False,
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class HolidaysAllocation(models.Model):
             # in order to not allocate him/her too much leaves
             start_date = holiday.employee_id._get_date_start_work()
             # If employee is created after the period, we cancel the computation
-            if period_end <= start_date:
+            if period_end <= start_date or period_end < holiday.date_from:
                 holiday.write(values)
                 continue
 
@@ -399,8 +399,6 @@ class HolidaysAllocation(models.Model):
     @api.model
     def create(self, values):
         """ Override to avoid automatic logging of creation """
-        if values.get('allocation_type', 'regular') == 'accrual':
-            values['date_from'] = fields.Datetime.now()
         employee_id = values.get('employee_id', False)
         if not values.get('department_id'):
             values.update({'department_id': self.env['hr.employee'].browse(employee_id).department_id.id})
@@ -446,6 +444,7 @@ class HolidaysAllocation(models.Model):
             'parent_id': self.id,
             'employee_id': employee.id,
             'allocation_type': self.allocation_type,
+            'date_from': self.date_from,
             'date_to': self.date_to,
             'interval_unit': self.interval_unit,
             'interval_number': self.interval_number,
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_allocation_views.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_allocation_views.xml
index 68212af9c7f..e2d66fb694b 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_allocation_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_allocation_views.xml
@@ -159,13 +159,14 @@
                 <attribute name="invisible">0</attribute>
             </xpath>
             <xpath expr="//field[@name='allocation_type']" position="after">
-                <label for="date_to" string=""
-                    attrs="{'invisible': [('allocation_type', '=', 'regular')]}"/>
+                <label for="date_from" attrs="{'invisible': [('allocation_type', '=', 'regular')]}"/>
+                <div class="o_row" attrs="{'invisible': [('allocation_type', '=', 'regular')]}">
+                    <field name="date_from" widget="date" required="1" class="mr-2"/>
+                    Run until <field name="date_to" help="If no value set, runs indefinitely" class="ml-2" widget="date"/>
+                </div>
+                <label for="date_from" invisible="1"/>
                 <div attrs="{'invisible': [('allocation_type', '=', 'regular')]}">
                     <div class="o_row">
-                        Run until <field name="date_to" string="Run Until" help="If no value set, runs indefinitely" class="ml-2" widget="date"/>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="o_row">
                         <span>Add</span>
                         <field name="number_per_interval" class="ml8"
                             attrs="{'required': [('allocation_type', '=', 'accrual')]}"/>