1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
index 962bb2899e1..e86d7dba8f7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
@@ -3646,8 +3646,9 @@ var BasicModel = AbstractModel.extend({
                     if (isFieldInView) {
                         var field = r.fields[fieldName];
                         var fieldType = field.type;
+                        var rec;
                         if (fieldType === 'many2one') {
-                            var rec = self._makeDataPoint({
+                            rec = self._makeDataPoint({
                                 context: r.context,
                                 modelName: field.relation,
                                 data: {id: r._changes[fieldName]},
@@ -3655,6 +3656,16 @@ var BasicModel = AbstractModel.extend({
                             });
                             r._changes[fieldName] = rec.id;
                             many2ones[fieldName] = true;
+                        } else if (fieldType === 'reference') {
+                            var reference = r._changes[fieldName].split(',');
+                            rec = self._makeDataPoint({
+                                context: r.context,
+                                modelName: reference[0],
+                                data: {id: parseInt(reference[1])},
+                                parentID: r.id,
+                            });
+                            r._changes[fieldName] = rec.id;
+                            many2ones[fieldName] = true;
                         } else if (_.contains(['one2many', 'many2many'], fieldType)) {
                             var x2mCommands = commands[0][2][fieldName];
                             defs.push(self._processX2ManyCommands(r, fieldName, x2mCommands));