ERP migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Open-Prod and Odoo ERP. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Odoo ERP.
Open-Prod
Source
Odoo ERP
Destination
Compatibility
9 of 10
objects map 1:1 between Open-Prod and Odoo ERP.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-6 weeks
Overview
Moving from Open-Prod to Odoo ERP is a structural migration across two ERP platforms that share overlapping capabilities but diverge significantly in architecture and data model. Open-Prod organizes operational data around production planning, logistics, after-sales service, accounting, and project milestones; Odoo exposes these capabilities as separate apps (Inventory, Manufacturing, Project, Accounting, Helpdesk) that must be activated and linked. We extract customer and account records with their financial metadata, map product and item data to Odoo product variants, sequence inventory balances with open purchase orders to avoid stock discrepancies, and migrate project records with task dependencies flagged for manual rebuild in Odoo Project. Open-Prod's custom fields and attachment storage are not confirmed-exportable through a public API; we scope these as out-of-scope pending direct configuration access. Odoo workflows, automations, and studio-built apps do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory for the customer's Odoo partner to rebuild.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
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What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Open-Prod object lands in Odoo ERP, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Open-Prod
Customer/Account
Odoo ERP
res.partner (Partner)
1:1Open-Prod customer and account records map to Odoo res.partner with partner_type distinction between customer, supplier, and company. Address fields (street, city, country, email, phone) migrate directly. Financial metadata (credit limit, payment terms) from Open-Prod maps to Odoo partner properties fields or to the accounting partner ledger. Company records in Open-Prod that represent vendors map to res.partner with supplier flag enabled. We set is_company = True for company-level records and link individual contacts as children.
Open-Prod
Product/Item
Odoo ERP
product.product (Product Variant)
1:1Open-Prod item records with product details, pricing, and variant structures map to Odoo product.product variants under a product.template parent. We extract the SKU from Open-Prod item code, map pricing to product.list_price, and flag any variant attributes (size, color, material) for conversion to Odoo's attribute-value variant system. Products marked as storable in Open-Prod become product.product with type = product; services become type = service; consumables become type = consumable.
Open-Prod
Inventory / Stock
Odoo ERP
stock.quant (Stock Quant)
1:1Open-Prod warehouse stock levels map to Odoo stock.quant records with location_id set to the corresponding warehouse's stock location. Open purchase orders and pending shipments require sequencing: we migrate all closed stock positions first, then import open purchase order lines as stock.move records with state = assigned or waiting. This prevents the stock discrepancy that occurs when a pending receipt inflates on-hand quantities before the PO is received. Lot and serial number tracking migrates to stock.production.lot records linked to the quant.
Open-Prod
Sales Order / Invoice
Odoo ERP
sale.order / account.move (Invoice)
1:1Open-Prod sales documents and invoices map to Odoo sale.order for orders and account.move (move_type = out_invoice or out_refund) for invoices. Order line items map to sale.order.line with product_id resolved via SKU match. We preserve order date, customer reference, and payment terms. Post-migration invoice numbering must be coordinated with the customer's Odoo partner because Odoo uses sequence-defined invoice prefixes that may conflict with Open-Prod's numbering scheme if the customer has statutory sequence requirements.
Open-Prod
Purchase Order
Odoo ERP
purchase.order
1:1Open-Prod purchase orders map to Odoo purchase.order records with vendor_id resolved from the res.partner supplier mapping, order lines mapped to purchase.order.line, and product_id resolved via SKU. PO state (draft, sent, purchase order, done, cancelled) maps directly to Odoo's state field. If Open-Prod tracks landed costs or additional charges on PO lines, these map to Odoo's price_subtotal and taxes as applicable.
Open-Prod
Project
Odoo ERP
project.project
1:1Open-Prod project records with tasks and milestones map to Odoo project.project and project.task. Task dependencies from Open-Prod are flagged during extraction and noted in the migration inventory as requiring manual rebuild in Odoo Project because Odoo uses predecessor-successor task dependency tracking that requires the task IDs to exist before the dependency links are created. Milestones from Open-Prod map to Odoo project milestones (if the project milestone app is active) or to a project.task with a milestone-type category field set during scoping.
Open-Prod
Service / After-Sales Record
Odoo ERP
helpdesk.ticket
1:1Open-Prod after-sales service records map to Odoo helpdesk.ticket. Status and priority fields migrate to ticket stage_id and priority respectively. Customer contact links resolve via the res.partner mapping. If the customer activates the Odoo Helpdesk app, ticket teams and SLA policies are configured during the Odoo setup phase. For businesses without a Helpdesk license, service records map to project.task records under a dedicated service project as a fallback configuration.
Open-Prod
Financial / Accounting Entries
Odoo ERP
account.move (Journal Entry)
1:1Open-Prod accounting module entries map to Odoo account.move records of type entry (general journal). Account codes from Open-Prod's chart of accounts map to Odoo account.account records that must be pre-created during the Odoo configuration phase with codes matched to the customer's existing chart. We flag any Open-Prod journal entries that reference accounts not present in Odoo's configured chart as a reconciliation item for the customer's accountant.
Open-Prod
Custom Fields
Odoo ERP
Custom Fields (ir.model.fields)
lossyOpen-Prod custom fields are not confirmed-exportable through a documented public API. We flag custom field migration as out-of-scope pending direct access to the customer's Open-Prod configuration database. If Open-Prod exposes custom field definitions via its database schema or a configuration export, we can build a mapping table and generate Odoo custom fields via the ir.model.fields API before record migration begins. Without schema access, custom field data is not migrated.
Open-Prod
Attachments
Odoo ERP
ir.attachment
1:1Open-Prod attachment storage is not confirmed to have a public export mechanism. We flag attachment migration as out of scope. If Open-Prod stores attachments as files on the filesystem or in a database BLOB column accessible during discovery, we can extract them and link them to the migrated Odoo records via ir.attachment with res_model pointing to the target Odoo model and res_id pointing to the migrated record ID. This requires a case-by-case technical assessment during discovery.
| Open-Prod | Odoo ERP | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer/Account | res.partner (Partner)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Product/Item | product.product (Product Variant)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Inventory / Stock | stock.quant (Stock Quant)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Sales Order / Invoice | sale.order / account.move (Invoice)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Purchase Order | purchase.order1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Project | project.project1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Service / After-Sales Record | helpdesk.ticket1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Financial / Accounting Entries | account.move (Journal Entry)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Fields | Custom Fields (ir.model.fields)lossy | Not supported | |
| Attachments | ir.attachment1:1 | Not supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
Open-Prod gotchas
200+ modules means scoping must inventory which are activated
Industry-specific data structures (BOM, MES, GMAO) need careful mapping
French-language data and localization fields
CAD and EDI integration linkages must be re-established at destination
Odoo ERP gotchas
No rollback for CSV imports
External ID conflicts on re-import
Many2many field encoding in CSV imports
Large export timeouts require batching
Version schema drift between Odoo releases
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and Open-Prod database assessment
We connect to the customer's Open-Prod instance or obtain a database export to map the actual schema in use. We audit the active modules (production, logistics, after-sales, accounting, projects), identify custom field definitions, locate the attachment storage mechanism, and count records across all objects. We pair this with an Odoo edition and app selection session: Odoo Community (free, self-hosted) or Odoo Enterprise (€19.90-€29.90/user/mo with Studio, third-party API, and on-premise hosting). The discovery output is a written migration scope with record counts, a data-cleaning checklist, and an Odoo app activation plan.
Odoo configuration and schema provisioning
We provision the Odoo instance with the apps required for the migration scope. This includes creating the account.account chart of accounts (mapped from Open-Prod's accounting codes), configuring warehouse locations and routes in Inventory, activating the Project app with task-stage configuration, activating Helpdesk with ticket teams and stages, and creating any required custom fields via ir.model.fields for data that does not fit a standard Odoo field type. Odoo configuration is validated in a staging environment before any production data is loaded.
Data audit and cleansing
We run a data audit against the extracted Open-Prod records. Legacy ERP systems like Open-Prod frequently accumulate duplicate customer records, inconsistent product codes, null required fields, and years of closed transactions that add migration volume without operational value. We flag duplicates for merge or deduplication, identify records with missing required Odoo fields, and recommend archiving closed records older than a customer-defined cutoff date. This step reduces migration volume and prevents Odoo validation rule rejections during import.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into an Odoo test database (a copy of the production instance or a fresh database with the configured schema) using production-like data volumes. The customer's functional leads in finance, operations, and service review the migrated records against the Open-Prod source. We reconcile account totals, inventory on-hand quantities, and open order counts. Any schema mapping corrections, validation rule adjustments, or missing Odoo configuration identified during sandbox review are fixed before production migration begins.
Production migration in dependency order
We run the production migration in record-dependency order: (1) account.account and res.partner (customers and suppliers), (2) product.template and product.product with variants and price lists, (3) stock.location and stock.quant for closed inventory positions, (4) purchase.order lines for open POs with stock.move sequencing, (5) sale.order and account.move for orders and invoices, (6) project.project and project.task with dependency flags noted, (7) helpdesk.ticket for service records, (8) account.move for general journal entries. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.
Cutover, delta sync, and automation handoff
We freeze Open-Prod writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then switch the customer's team to Odoo as the system of record. We deliver the automation inventory document listing every Odoo workflow, server action, and route rule that should be configured post-migration. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not configure Odoo automations, Odoo Studio customizations, or Odoo Helpdesk SLA policies as part of the standard migration scope; these are handled by the customer's Odoo functional admin or partner.
Platform deep dives
Open-Prod
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Odoo ERP
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard ERP migration. 2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Open-Prod and Odoo ERP.
Object compatibility
2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
Open-Prod: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Open-Prod doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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