view-field-not-found (ODOO004)

A view uses a field that does not exist on its model.

What it does

Reports <field name="..."> elements in views whose field the model does not have, as the modules the module’s depends reach define it. Fields of an embedded list or form are checked against that field’s comodel.

In a view that extends another, a field inserted where the extension cannot tell which sub-view it lands in is checked against the model and the models of its x2many fields.

Why is this bad?

Odoo refuses the view: the module fails to install or update (“Field x does not exist in model y”). Often the field is defined in a module that is not in depends, so it works on one database and fails on another.

Configuration

The check needs the code of the dependencies, Odoo’s included: list the folders in addons-path. A module whose dependencies cannot all be found is not checked, so the check never guesses.

[tool.odoo-lint]
addons-path = ["../odoo/odoo/addons", "../odoo/addons", "../oca/*"]