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ir.ui.menu: fields, relations and API

The ir.ui.menu model ("Menu") is a persistent model declared by the Base module, then extended by 9 other modules. It exposes 17 fields, 11 of them declared directly on the model; 3 fields from other models point to it. 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.ui.menu
Label: Menu
Type: Persistent (models.Model)
SQL table: ir_ui_menu
Origin module: Base (base)
Extended by: web, mail, hr, hr_holidays_attendance, hr_recruitment, website, project, hr_timesheet, hr_timesheet_attendance
Default order (_order): sequence,id

Model fields

11 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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17 of 17 fields shown

Technical name	Label	Type	Details
action	Action	`reference`
active	Active	`boolean`
child_id	Child IDs	`one2many` → ir.ui.menu	inverse: `parent_id`
complete_name	Full Path	`char`	computed
group_ids	Groups If you have groups, the visibility of this menu will be based on these groups. If this field is empty, Odoo will compute visibility based on the related object's read access.	`many2many` → res.groups
name	Menu	`char`	requiredtranslatable
parent_id	Parent Menu	`many2one` → ir.ui.menu
parent_path	Parent Path	`char`
sequence	Sequence	`integer`
web_icon	Web Icon File	`char`
web_icon_data	Web Icon Image	`binary`
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.ui.menu: child_id, parent_id
res.groups: group_ids

Fields of other models pointing here

ir.ui.menu: parent_id
res.groups: menu_access
wizard.ir.model.menu.create: menu_id

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.ui.menu/search_read" \
  -H "Authorization: bearer $ODOO_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-Odoo-Database: your-db" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":[],"fields":["name","parent_id","action","active","parent_path"],"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.ui.menu/search_read",
    headers=headers,
    json={"domain": [], "fields": ["name","parent_id","action","active","parent_path"], "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-ui-menu">ir.ui.menu (Odoo 19.0)</a>

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Data verified on September 23, 2026 · Odoo 19.0 Community

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