OpenERP : Saving field value (amount) into an account?

Question

I'm new to OpenERP and python and I need some help saving an amount into a particular account. I have created a field in the invoice form that calculates a specific amount based on some code and displays that amount in the field. What I want to do is to associate an account with this field, so when the invoice is validated and/or payed, this amount is saved into an account and later on I can see it in the journal entries and/or chart of account. Any idea how to do that ?

Answer 1

To achieve this in OpenERP (now Odoo), you don't just save a raw field value to an account—OpenERP's double-entry accounting engine creates journal entries (account.move) and individual line items (account.move.line) when an invoice is validated.To have your custom amount reflected in the chart of accounts and journal entries upon validation, you need to extend both the invoice model (account.invoice) and the invoice line mechanism or the accounting entry generation method.