base.document.layout: fields, relations and API
The base.document.layout model ("Company Document Layout") is a transient model declared by the Web module, then extended by 3 other modules. It exposes 35 fields, 29 of them declared directly on the model. Below you will find every field with its technical name, type, label and relations, followed by an Odoo 19 JSON-2 API call.
Model identity
- Technical name
base.document.layout- Label
- Company Document Layout
- Type
- Transient (models.TransientModel)
- SQL table
base_document_layout- Origin module
- Web (
web) - Extended by
- account, sale, l10n_fr_account
Model fields
29 own fields, 0 inherited from mixins and 6 automatic ORM fields. Click a name to get a direct link to that field.
35 of 35 fields shown
| Technical name | Label | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| account_number | Account Number | char | computed added by Invoicing ( |
| company_details | Company Details | html | related: |
| company_id | Company | many2one | required |
| country_id | Country | many2one | read-only related: |
| custom_colors | Custom Colors | boolean | computed |
char | read-only related: | ||
| external_report_layout_id | External Report Layout | many2one | related: |
| font | Font | selection | related: |
| from_invoice | From Invoice | boolean | added by Invoicing ( |
| is_company_details_empty | Is Company Details Empty | boolean | computed |
| layout_background | Layout Background | selection | related: |
| layout_background_image | Layout Background Image | binary | related: |
| logo | Logo | binary | related: |
| logo_primary_color | Logo Primary Color | char | computed |
| logo_secondary_color | Logo Secondary Color | char | computed |
| name | Name | char | read-only related: |
| paperformat_id | Paperformat | many2one | related: |
| partner_id | Partner | many2one | read-only related: |
| phone | Phone | char | read-only related: |
| preview | Preview | html | computed |
| preview_logo | Preview logo | binary | related: |
| primary_color | Primary Color | char | related: |
| qr_code | Qr Code | boolean | related: added by Invoicing ( |
| report_footer | Report Footer | html | related: |
| report_header | Report Header | html | related: |
| report_layout_id | Report Layout | many2one | |
| secondary_color | Secondary Color | char | related: |
| vat | Vat | char | read-only related: |
| website | Website | char | read-only related: |
| create_date | Created on | datetime | read-onlyautomatic |
| create_uid | Created by | many2one | read-onlyautomatic |
| display_name | Display Name | char | read-onlycomputedautomatic |
| id | ID | integer | read-onlyautomatic |
| write_date | Last Updated on | datetime | read-onlyautomatic |
| write_uid | Last Updated by | many2one | read-onlyautomatic |
Relations
Models linked from this model
- ir.ui.view: external_report_layout_id
- report.layout: report_layout_id
- report.paperformat: paperformat_id
- res.company: company_id
- res.country: country_id
- res.partner: partner_id
Fields of other models pointing here
No Many2one or Many2many field of another model points to this model.
Reading this model through the API
Odoo 19 JSON-2 API call reading the first five records with real fields of the model. Replace the instance, database and API key with your own.
curl -X POST "https://your-instance.odoo.com/json/2/base.document.layout/search_read" \
-H "Authorization: bearer $ODOO_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Odoo-Database: your-db" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"domain":[],"fields":["name","company_id","country_id","external_report_layout_id","paperformat_id"],"limit":5}'import requests
BASE_URL = "https://your-instance.odoo.com/json/2"
headers = {"Authorization": f"bearer {API_KEY}", "X-Odoo-Database": "your-db"}
res = requests.post(
f"{BASE_URL}/base.document.layout/search_read",
headers=headers,
json={"domain": [], "fields": ["name","company_id","country_id","external_report_layout_id","paperformat_id"], "limit": 5},
)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())- External API access requires Odoo's Custom plan.
- XML-RPC and JSON-RPC will be removed in Odoo 22 (fall 2028): use JSON-2.
- The access rights and record rules of the key's user apply.
Cite this tool
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<a href="https://aidoo.ai/en/outils/explorateur-modeles-odoo/base-document-layout">base.document.layout (Odoo 19.0)</a>Sources
Data verified on September 23, 2026 · Odoo 19.0 Community
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