[MERGE] forward port branch saas-12.4 up to 9ed4872ea03

closes odoo/odoo#37372

Signed-off-by: Christophe Simonis <chs@odoo.com>

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/reference/data.rst b/doc/reference/data.rst
index 2165a490dd0..416121b8255 100644
--- a/doc/reference/data.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/data.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ of an XML data file is the following:
 .. code-block:: xml
 
     <!-- the root elements of the data file -->
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <odoo>
       <operation/>
       ...
@@ -30,6 +31,25 @@ of an XML data file is the following:
 Data files are executed sequentially, operations can only refer to the result
 of operations defined previously
 
+.. note::
+
+    If the content of the data file is expected to be applied only once, you
+    can specify the odoo flag ``noupdate`` set to 1.  If part of
+    the data in the file is expected to be applied once, you can place this part
+    of the file in a <data noupdate="1"> domain.
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+      <odoo>
+          <data noupdate="1">
+              <!-- Only loaded when installing the module (odoo-bin -i module) -->
+              <operation/>
+          </data>
+
+          <!-- (Re)Loaded at install and update (odoo-bin -i/-u) -->
+          <operation/>
+      </odoo>
+
 Core operations
 ===============
 
@@ -152,8 +172,31 @@ Parameters can be provided using ``eval`` (should evaluate to a sequence of
 parameters to call the method with) or ``value`` elements (see ``list``
 values).
 
+.. code-block:: xml
+
+  <odoo>
+      <data noupdate="1">
+          <record name="partner_1" model="res.partner">
+              <field name="name">Odude</field>
+          </record>
+
+          <function model="res.partner" name="send_inscription_notice"
+              eval="[[ref('partner_1'), ref('partner_2')]]"/>
+
+          <function model="res.users" name="send_vip_inscription_notice">
+              <function eval="[[('vip','=',True)]]" model="res.partner" name="search"/>
+          </function>
+      </data>
+
+      <record id="model_form_view" model="ir.ui.view">
+
+      </record>
+  </odoo>
+
 .. ignored assert
 
+.. _reference/data/shortcuts:
+
 Shortcuts
 =========
 
@@ -166,7 +209,7 @@ data files provide shorter alternatives to defining them using
 
 Defines an ``ir.ui.menu`` record with a number of defaults and fallbacks:
 
-Parent menu
+``parent``
     * If a ``parent`` attribute is set, it should be the :term:`external id`
       of an other menu item, used as the new item's parent
     * If no ``parent`` is provided, tries to interpret the ``name`` attribute
@@ -175,10 +218,10 @@ Parent menu
       created
     * Otherwise the menu is defined as a "top-level" menu item (*not* a menu
       with no parent)
-Menu name
+``name``
     If no ``name`` attribute is specified, tries to get the menu name from
     a linked action if any. Otherwise uses the record's ``id``
-Groups
+``groups``
     A ``groups`` attribute is interpreted as a comma-separated sequence of
     :term:`external identifiers` for ``res.groups`` models. If an
     :term:`external identifier` is prefixed with a minus (``-``), the group
@@ -218,7 +261,7 @@ section of the view, and allowing a few *optional* attributes:
 ``report``
 ----------
 
-Creates a ``ir.actions.report`` record with a few default values.
+Creates a :ref:`IrActionsReport <reference/actions/report>` record with a few default values.
 
 Mostly just proxies attributes to the corresponding fields on
 ``ir.actions.report``, but also automatically creates the item in the
@@ -263,5 +306,5 @@ For each row (record):
 * the third column is the ``name`` field for ``res.country.state``
 * the fourth column is the ``code`` field for ``res.country.state``
 
-.. _base64: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3548.html#section-3
-.. _csv: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
+.. _base64: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3548.html#section-3
+.. _csv: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values