record-field-not-found (ODOO009)

A data record sets a field that does not exist on its model.

What it does

Reports <field name="..."> in the <record>s of data and demo files, and the columns of CSV data files, whose field the model does not have, as the modules the module’s depends reach define it.

Why is this bad?

Odoo refuses the record: the module fails to install or update (“Invalid field ‘x’ on model ‘y’”). It typically happens after an upgrade, when Odoo removed or renamed a field (numbercall on ir.cron in 18.0, category_id on res.groups in 19.0), or when the field comes from a module that is not in depends.

Configuration

Like ODOO004, the check needs the code of the dependencies, Odoo’s included, in addons-path; a module whose dependencies cannot all be found is not checked. Fields whose name starts with x_ (custom fields) are not checked.