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ir.actions.act_window.view: fields, relations and API

The ir.actions.act_window.view model ("Action Window View") is a persistent model declared by the Base module, then extended by 2 other modules. It exposes 11 fields, 5 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.

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Model identity

Technical name: ir.actions.act_window.view
Label: Action Window View
Type: Persistent (models.Model)
SQL table: ir_act_window_view
Origin module: Base (base)
Extended by: mail, web_hierarchy
Default order (_order): sequence,id
Display field (_rec_name): view_id

Model fields

5 own fields, 0 inherited from mixins and 6 automatic ORM fields. Click a name to get a direct link to that field.

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11 of 11 fields shown

Technical name	Label	Type	Details
act_window_id	Action	`many2one` → ir.actions.act_window
multi	On Multiple Doc. If set to true, the action will not be displayed on the right toolbar of a form view.	`boolean`
sequence	Sequence	`integer`
view_id	View	`many2one` → ir.ui.view
view_mode	View Type	`selection`	required Values: `list` (List), `form` (Form), `graph` (Graph), `pivot` (Pivot), `calendar` (Calendar), `kanban` (Kanban)
create_date	Created on	`datetime`	read-onlyautomatic
create_uid	Created by	`many2one` → res.users	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` → res.users	read-onlyautomatic

Relations

Models linked from this model

ir.actions.act_window: act_window_id
ir.ui.view: view_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

curl -X POST "https://your-instance.odoo.com/json/2/ir.actions.act_window.view/search_read" \
  -H "Authorization: bearer $ODOO_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Odoo-Database: your-db" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":[],"fields":["view_id","view_mode","act_window_id","multi","sequence"],"limit":5}'

Python (requests)

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}/ir.actions.act_window.view/search_read",
    headers=headers,
    json={"domain": [], "fields": ["view_id","view_mode","act_window_id","multi","sequence"], "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/ir-actions-act_window-view">ir.actions.act_window.view (Odoo 19.0)</a>

Sources

Data verified on September 23, 2026 · Odoo 19.0 Community

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