Catch The Latest Odoo 18.2 Release Notes From Accounting to Website & More
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Written by, William McMahon - March 4th, 29th, 2025
It’s February Odooers, and the Odoo 18.2 Release Notes have already landed on our doorstep. I know, it’s moving fast.
It was only moments ago that we were looking at 18.1, and with the landing of Odoo 19, just months away in September 2025, we are slowly creeping up on another product launch to keep us ticking along.
If you want to look at the previous notes, you can do so here: The Odoo 18.1 Release Notes
With us likely to also see the first insights of v19 at Odoo Partner Day in four weeks' time, and a potential roadmap, it’s always critical to stay on top of what’s changing and what’s been improved. Stay tuned, as I will be in Belgium reporting on all the updates.
As always, when it comes to Release Notes, please give Ray Carnes a follow. A brilliant Odooer and usually the first to drop the news on these.
These changes come with further fixes across relevant modules, which have been identified by Odoo internally and the wider community. With many customers having already upgraded to the new version and many now on the pathway to upgrade to Odoo 18, it’s essential to stay on top of the latest updates. This time, we will be covering Accounting, Studio, WhatsApp and more, so keep reading...
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This Edition’s Ingredients
Let's take a look at this article's ripe ingredients to see what's coming up.
- General
- Industries
- Accounting
- Localisations
- Appraisals
- Barcode
- Calendar
- CRM
- eCommerce
- eLearning
- Events
- Expenses
- Helpdesk
- Inventory
- Knowledge
- Marketing Automation
- Point of Sale
- Purchase
- Quality
- Recruitment
- Sales
- Shop Floor
- Sign
- Spreadsheet
- Studio
- To-Do
- Website
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General
The 'General' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Contacts: “Mobile” Field
The "Mobile" field has been removed from the Contacts model, and its value logged in the chatter.
Email Recipients
All email recipients are now shown in Odoo and in emails. The email recipient UI and UX has been improved.
Exports: Default Fields
In the export screen, the default fields and their display order now match the underlying list view.
Follower Management
Add or remove followers from multiple records at once.
Gantt View Improvements
The Gantt view now includes smart zoom based on scale, improved usability, visible start and end dates during drag-and-drop, and more readable labels.
Gantt View: Folding Off Hours
In Gantt view, fold the off-hours to maximize usable space for scheduling tasks, slots, and bookings.
Kanban Cards: Mass Actions
Select Kanban cards to perform mass actions using the ALT + click shortcut on desktops or the long press on mobile devices.
List View: Recomputing Column’s Width
In list view, double-click a column border to recompute the width of all columns.
Odoo PWA: Pull-to-Refresh
In Odoo PWA, pull the screen to refresh the data.
Portal Users’ Addresses
Portal users can manage their addresses from the portal.
Replying to/or Forwarding Specific Messages
Reply to a specific message and/or forward it to the desired recipients.
Industries
The 'Industries' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Environmental Agency
A new industry package is available for environmental agencies offering ESG consultancy services.
Handyman Services
A new industry package is available for handymen managing mostly small field services.
Personal Trainer
A new industry package is available for personal trainers and fitness coaches.
Hair Salon
The Hair Salon industry package was updated to provide split bookings.
Accounting
The 'Accounting' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Bank Statement OCR Manual Correction
After a statement has been processed through the OCR, manually correct the Starting Balance and Ending Balance of the statement by clicking on the fields and then on the appropriate number in the PDF.
Follow-Up/Partner Ledge Access to Invoicing and Banks
Invoicing in Enterprise now grants access to the account report module and activates partner reports by default, allowing both Invoicing users and Accounting users with only "Invoicing & Banks" access rights.
Invalid Statement Warning
Users are now alerted immediately when an invalid statement is detected.
ISO20022: Instruction Priority
The priority instruction can be specified on payments for the ISO20022 payment method and its variants.
Menu and Form Organisation Layout
A new journal creation wizard has been added to the Dashboard; it includes bank and credit card account synchronization.
The Journal and Reconciliation Models form views have been revamped.
The invoice line display settings are now stored separately for customer invoices and bills, allowing different configurations for incoming and outgoing invoices.
Reconcile Draft Entries
Draft entries can now be reconciled. Eventual automatic moves (like currency exchange or cash basis moves) are created in draft simultaneously with the reconciliation. When posting the original entry, the reconciliation is automatically confirmed as well.
Reset Invoices/Bills to Draft
Resetting an invoice/bill detaches the invoice already generated (available from 18.0).
Updated Action Names
The menu item action names have been revised to provide readable URLs.
Localisations
The 'Localisations' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Bahrain
Accounting: The base localization package has been added: chart of accounts, taxes, and two tax reports: full VAT return and simplified VAT return (available from 17.0).
Belgium
Accounting: A new activity type for the EC sales list and partner VAT listing has been added. An optional warning feature for users has been added and batch export from the "My Databases" page on odoo.com has been enabled. Taxes have been added to provide codes with partial VAT deductibility with the most used ratios (35%, 50%, 85%).
Indonesia
Accounting: eFakture templates are CSV instead of XML format. eFaktur ranges have been removed.
Iraq
Accounting: The base localization package has been added: chart of accounts and taxes (available from 17.0).
Jordan
Accounting: An integration with Jofotara for e-invoicing has been added (available from 17.0).
Lebanon
Accounting: The base localization package has been added: chart of accounts, taxes, and fiscal positions (available from 17.0).
Malaysia
Accounting: A QR code leading to MyInvois is embedded on invoice PDFs. Self-billing is now possible, including self-invoices, self-credit notes, and self-debit notes.
Spain
Accounting: The Modelo 390 tax report was updated to the latest version published by the AEAT. Tax grids were updated for some taxes. Modelo 140 Bizkaia and support for the SII cancellation workflow have been added (available from 16.0).
Thailand
Accounting: The sales and purchase tax reports have been reworked.
Türkiye
Accounting: e-Fatura and e-Arşiv integration are now available via Nilvera (available from v17).
Appraisals
The 'Appraisals' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Goals For Multiple Employees
Assign goals to multiple employees.
Barcode
The 'Barcode' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Lot and Serial Number Priorities
View and edit the properties of a lot or a serial number from the Barcode app.
Product Source Location
Manually set or update the location to source a product.
Calendar
The 'Calendar' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
WhatsApp Reminders For Calendar Events
Send WhatsApp reminders for calendar events to attendees.
CRM
The 'CRM' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Rule-Based Lead Assignment: Priority Filter
Set filters (e.g., languages) to prioritize matching leads during rule-based assignment.
eCommerce
The 'eCommerce' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Checkout Page
The pickup points' delivery addresses are no longer shown on the checkout page.
Improved SEO of Product Pages
The SEO of product pages was improved for Google's rich results.
eLearning
The 'eLearning' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Link-Based Course Access
Restrict course access to people with the provided link.
Events
The 'Events' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Frontend Event Ticket Creation
Create event tickets alongside your events directly from the frontend.
Sponsors on Event Tickets
Only show specific sponsors on event tickets using the "Show on ticket" check box on the Event Sponsor form.
Expenses
The 'Expenses' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Disallowed Expenses: Reverse Amount Percentage
The percentage that is allowed for deductibility in Disallowed Expenses has been flipped from "disallowed percentage" to an "allowed percentage" to account for potential >100% deductibility for expenses (which is now the case in Belgium). The Disallowed Expense Report now shows both amounts in those cases.
Partial Bill Deductibility
Configure purchase journals to register mixed expenses on a specific account (where part of the expense is made for private reasons and needs to be deducted from the company expenses). On purchase invoice lines, you can then change the Professional percentage at which that expense can be registered (the default is 100%).
Helpdesk
The 'Helpdesk' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Ticket Creation: Files & Images
Attach files and images from a live chat conversation when using the /ticket command to create a ticket.
Inventory
The 'Inventory' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Products With Missing Vendors
When a vendor is missing for a product with an MTO route, the default warehouse route is now used to prevent blocking salespeople.
Products’ Quantity on Hand
Update a product's quantity on hand using a dedicated field on the product form.
Report Improvements
The Picking Operation and Delivery Slip reports have been improved.
Knowledge
The 'Knowledge' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Articles as Templates
Add an article to the list of templates.
Collapsible Toggles
Hide text under collapsible toggles using the "Toggle list" powerbox command.
Marketing Automation
The 'Marketing Automation' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Dynamic Domains
Use dynamic domains in your marketing campaigns.
Point of Sale
The 'Point of Sale' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Global Invoice
Generate a global invoice for a given customer.
Restaurant: Organising Orders Into Courses
Organize orders into courses to ensure starters, mains, and desserts are sent in the correct order.
Settling Due Accounts
Select the customer's due accounts to be settled.
Purchase
The 'Purchase' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Improved RFQ Dashboard & UX
The UX and the Request for Quotation dashboard have been improved.
Quality
The 'Quality' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Quality Control Points: Failure Location
Select a failure location for any quality control point, regardless of its type.
Recruitment
The 'Recruitment' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Talent Pool
The candidate system has been replaced by a talent pool system.
Sales
The 'Sales' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Gelato Integration
Connect Odoo with Gelato, a print-on-demand service (available from 18.0).
Loyalty Cards: Product Domain
Define a product domain when setting conditional rules for loyalty cards.
Quote Builder: Default Headers/Footers
Set default headers and footers for the quote builder.
Shopee Integration
Fetch orders and delivery slips, and synchronize inventory levels with the Shopee integration (available from 18.0).
Shop Floor
The 'Shop Floor' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Closing Manufacturing Orders
Determine whether manufacturing orders can be closed directly from Shop Floor.
Sign
The 'Sign' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Certificate of Completion Reference
The reference of the certificate of completion has been added to the signed document.
Digital Certificates
Use digital certificates to sign your documents.
Improved UI/UX For Template Editing
Several UI/UX improvements have been made to the sign template editing process.
Stamp
A new stamp field has been added.
Spreadsheet
The 'Spreadsheet' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Re-ordering Data Series In Charts
Reorder data series in the Chart panel.
Studio
The 'Studio' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Server Actions: Relational Fields
Define relational fields in server actions using a widget.
To-Do
The 'Deadlines' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Deadlines
Set deadlines for your to-dos.
Website
The 'Website' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
Customisation of Portal Pages
Customise the login, signup, and password reset portal pages.
Hide Headers/Footers
Hide the header and/or footer on pages (e.g., event, blog).
New Parallax Scrolling Effects
The "Zoom in" and "Zoom out" options are now available for the parallax effect.
The 'WhatsApp' updates to consider with Odoo 18.2 Release Notes.
WhatsApp Account In Conversations
The WhatsApp account used to reply is displayed in conversations.
Odoo 18.2 Release Notes
Explore the new features and improvements in Odoo 18.2, designed to enhance user experience and streamline your business operations.
Read More:In Summary
In summary some useful features and insights into what is being fixed. As we embark on the journey into 2025, the main question remains from the community, and with brand new release notes dropping fast, is the Odoo product cycle too fast? Let’s see what’s in store at Partner Day with v19, with the roadmap. Thanks, as always purple juicers! 😈
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The Author
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William McMahon
Founder of The Purple Juice Co.
With over 25+ years in the technology sector, having worked directly at Salesforce & Dell, William is one of the most experienced in the field of CRM and ERP.