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Discuss Group

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Usability License: AGPL-3

In odoo, by default, all user can see messages ("Discuss" menu entry). This feature is not interesting in some instances.

This module so creates a new group 'See Discuss Menu' to display this entry menu and users are not member of this group by default.

Also in the systray, the message icon is removed:

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AI-generated from the code · Odoo 16.0

This module adds a new security group called 'See Discuss Menu' that controls who can see the Discuss menu and the messaging icon in the systray. By default, users are not members of this group, so they won't see these features unless explicitly added.

In Odoo, the Discuss menu and the messaging icon in the top bar are visible to all users by default. This module changes that by introducing a new group called 'See Discuss Menu'. Only users who belong to this group will see the Discuss menu and the messaging icon.

When the module is installed, the Discuss menu is removed from the default 'User' group and assigned to the new group. This means that unless a user is added to the 'See Discuss Menu' group, they will not see the Discuss menu at all.

Additionally, the messaging icon in the systray (the speech bubble icon that shows notifications and chat) is hidden for users who are not in the group. This is done by a JavaScript service that checks if the user has the group and removes the icon if they don't.

The module does not add any new models or menus; it only modifies the visibility of existing ones. It depends on the 'mail' module, which provides the Discuss feature. The group is defined in the security settings and can be assigned to users through the standard Odoo group management interface.

Depends on

mail

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Reviewed: 2026-11-03
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