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Web Widget Plotly

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Web License: LGPL-3

This module add the possibility to insert Plotly charts into Odoo standard views.

Plotly is a Python interactive visualization library built on top of d3.js and stack.gl, plotly.js is a high-level, declarative charting library. plotly.js ships with over 40 chart types, including scientific charts, 3D graphs, statistical charts, SVG maps, financial charts, and more.

If you want to see some samples of plotly's capabilities follow this link.

auto_awesome What this module does

AI-generated from the code · Odoo 17.0

Adds a new field widget called Plotly Chart that renders interactive Plotly graphs inside Odoo form views. It can be used on text or character fields that contain Plotly HTML/script output.

This module adds a new field widget named plotly_chart to the Odoo web client. It is a display widget, not a business model, so it does not create any new menus, reports or database tables.

  • It registers the widget in the field registry, so developers can select "Plotly Chart" as the widget for a char or text field in a form view.
  • When the form is shown, the widget loads the Plotly JavaScript library and renders the chart stored in the field value.
  • The field value is expected to contain the Plotly chart HTML (a graph container plus a script). The widget extracts the graph element and runs the embedded script to draw the chart.
  • The chart is refreshed automatically when the record is saved or the field value changes, so the displayed graph stays in sync with the data.

It only affects the web client display layer and depends on the standard web module. A Python dependency on the Plotly library version 5.22.0 is declared, but the module itself defines no Python models or server-side logic. In short, it gives users a way to see interactive Plotly charts directly inside Odoo forms instead of plain text.

Depends on

web

Required by other modules

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Availability by version

Reviewed: 2026-11-03
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Confirmation status: 4 confirmed, 5 with no information of 9 versions.

terminal Installation and usage

OCA documentation · Odoo 17.0

Installation

Source · Odoo 17.0

You need to install the python plotly library:

pip install plotly==5.22.0

Usage

Source · Odoo 17.0

To insert a Plotly chart in a view proceed as follows:

  • Import plotly: import plotly
  • Declare a text computed field like this: plotly_chart = fields.Text( string='Plotly Chart', compute='_compute_plotly_chart', )
  • In its computed method do: def _compute_plotly_chart(self): for rec in self: data = [{'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y': [2, 3, 4]}] rec.plotly_chart = plotly.offline.plot(data, include_plotlyjs=False, output_type='div')
  • In the view, add something like this wherever you want to display your plotly chart:

No verified information in OCA: Configuration.

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