This module adds Department as a native partner type in Odoo's address book.
Unlike a standalone department model, a department is a real res.partner record (type = 'department') and can therefore be selected anywhere a partner is expected — for example as the partner of a sale order.
Key features:
- Contacts (non-company partners) have a Department field that links them to a department partner.
- Opening a department partner shows a Members smart button and a tab listing all contacts assigned to it.
- Partners can be searched and grouped by department.
> Incompatibility notice: This module is not compatible with > partner_contact_department. Both modules provide a Department field on > contacts but use different approaches; installing both at the same time will > cause conflicts.
auto_awesome What this module does
AI-generated from the code · Odoo 19.0Adds "Department" as a new partner type in the address book, so you can create department records, assign contacts to them, and see all members of a department (including sub-departments) from the contact form.
This module turns a department into a real contact record, so a department can be picked anywhere a partner is expected (for example as the customer on a sale order).
On a contact (non-company partner) you get a new Department field where you choose the department the person belongs to. On a department record, a Members smart button shows how many people belong to it, and a Members tab lists them as cards with photo, email, phone and position. The count and list also include people from sub-departments, so a parent department shows its whole team.
A Departments tab appears on contacts that have sub-departments, letting you create and manage them directly, and the Contacts tab no longer mixes department records with normal addresses.
In the Contacts search view you can filter by department and group the list by department.
A control rule prevents a contact or a department from being placed under a department as its parent company, and if the Department type is removed from a partner, the type falls back to the default.
Depends on
Models and fields (1)
- res.partner · extends an existing modeltype, department_id, department_ids (Departments), department_member_ids (Direct Members), department_member_count, department_all_member_ids (Members)
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Availability by version
Reviewed: 2026-11-03Confirmation status: 1 confirmed, 8 with no information of 9 versions.
Sources · Odoo 19.0
Confirmed on 2026-11-03 in branch 19.0 of OCA/partner-contact.
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