How to Add Chatter to an Existing Model in Odoo 18

Luke Oliver25 Apr, 2025Business

Chatter lets your team leave notes, track activities, and discuss tasks directly within the record itself—no more chasing conversations across emails or external tools. Everything stays where it belongs: right inside the record. In this post, we’ll walk through the steps needed to add Chatter functionality to an existing model in Odoo 18, both on the Python (backend) and XML (frontend) sides.