Update roadmap for v15 and make some usability improvements

Improve usability about variable creation and choice by hiding base wizard base fields and display simplified view
Add a description on paramter fields to help the user to use parameters
If not parameter are used for the query, display the wizard with the generated file directly

sql_export/models/sql_export.py

@@ -27,7 +27,22 @@ class SqlExport(models.Model):
         "sql_id",
         "field_id",
         "Parameters",
-        domain=[("model", "=", "sql.file.wizard")],
+        domain=[("model", "=", "sql.file.wizard"), ("state", "=", "manual")],
+        help="Before adding parameters, make sure you have created one that fill your "
+        "need in the dedicated menu with the right type and label. \n"
+        "Then, when you add a parameter here, you have to include it in the SQL "
+        "query in order to have dynamic values depending on the user choice.\n"
+        "The format of the parameters in the SQL query must be like this :"
+        " %(parameter_field_name)s. \n"
+        "Example : from the variable menu, create an variable with type 'char', "
+        "having field name 'x_name' and field label : 'Name' \n"
+        "Then, you can create a SQL query like this : "
+        "SELECT * FROM res_partner WHERE name =  %(x_name)s the variable "
+        "can be used in any number of different SQL queries. \n"
+        "In the SQL query, you can also include these 2 special parameters "
+        "%(user_id)s and %(company_id)s which will be replaced respectively by "
+        "the user executing the query and the company of the user executing the"
+        " query.",
     )
 
     encoding = fields.Selection(
@@ -51,6 +66,10 @@ class SqlExport(models.Model):
     def export_sql_query(self):
         self.ensure_one()
         wiz = self.env["sql.file.wizard"].create({"sql_export_id": self.id})
+        # no variable input, we can return the file directly
+        if not self.field_ids:
+            return wiz.export_sql()
+        else:
             return {
                 "view_mode": "form",
                 "res_model": "sql.file.wizard",

sql_export/readme/ROADMAP.rst

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ See sql_request_abstract module to fix this issue.
   since variables features has been introduced. This can be fixed by
   overloading _prepare_request_check_execution() function.
 
-* Move modules sql_request_abstract and sql_export to oca/reporting-engine
+* Move modules sql_request_abstract and sql_export to oca/reporting-engine for version 15

sql_export/views/sql_export_view.xml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
                         states="draft"
                         string="Validate SQL Expression"
                         class="oe_highlight"
+                        groups="sql_request_abstract.group_sql_request_manager"
                     />
                     <button
                         name="button_set_draft"
@@ -33,19 +34,30 @@
                 <sheet>
                     <group>
                         <h1>
-                            <field name="name" nolabel="1" placeholder="Request Name" />
+                            <field
+                                name="name"
+                                nolabel="1"
+                                placeholder="Request Name"
+                                attrs="{'readonly': [('state', '!=', 'draft')]}"
+                            />
                         </h1>
                     </group>
                     <group
                         name="option"
                         groups="sql_request_abstract.group_sql_request_user"
                     >
-                        <field name="file_format" />
+                        <field
+                            name="file_format"
+                            attrs="{'readonly': [('state', '!=', 'draft')]}"
+                        />
                         <field
                             name="copy_options"
-                            attrs="{'invisible': [('file_format', '!=', 'csv')], 'required': [('file_format', '=', 'csv')]}"
+                            attrs="{'invisible': [('file_format', '!=', 'csv')], 'required': [('file_format', '=', 'csv')], 'readonly': [('state', '!=', 'draft')]}"
+                        />
+                        <field
+                            name="encoding"
+                            attrs="{'readonly': [('state', '!=', 'draft')]}"
                         />
-                        <field name="encoding" />
                     </group>
                     <group
                         name="request"
@@ -56,6 +68,7 @@
                             name="query"
                             nolabel="1"
                             placeholder="select * from res_partner"
+                            attrs="{'readonly': [('state', '!=', 'draft')]}"
                         />
                     </group>
                     <group
@@ -63,7 +76,13 @@
                         string="Parameters"
                         groups="sql_request_abstract.group_sql_request_user"
                     >
-                        <field name="field_ids" nolabel="1" />
+                    <field
+                            name="field_ids"
+                            nolabel="1"
+                            options="{'no_create': True}"
+                            context="{'tree_view_ref': 'sql_export.sql_parameter_view_tree', 'form_view_ref': 'sql_export.sql_parameter_view_form'}"
+                            attrs="{'readonly': [('state', '!=', 'draft')]}"
+                        />
                     </group>
                     <group groups="sql_request_abstract.group_sql_request_manager">
                         <group string="Allowed Users" name="users_allowed">
@@ -163,7 +182,9 @@
             name="context"
             eval="{'default_model_id': ref('sql_export.model_sql_file_wizard'), 'default_size': 64, 'search_default_state': 'manual', 'default_model': 'sql.file.wizard'}"
         />
-        <field name="domain">[('model','=','sql.file.wizard')]</field>
+        <field
+            name="domain"
+        >[('model','=','sql.file.wizard'), ('state', '=', 'manual')]</field>
     </record>
 
         <record id="sql_parameter_action_view_tree" model="ir.actions.act_window.view">

sql_export/wizard/wizard_file.py

@@ -70,12 +70,10 @@ class SqlFileWizard(models.TransientModel):
                 else:
                     variable_dict[field.name] = self[field.name]
         if "%(company_id)s" in sql_export.query:
-            company_id = self.env.context.get(
+            company_id = self.env.company.id
-                "force_company", self.env.user.company_id.id
-            )
             variable_dict["company_id"] = company_id
         if "%(user_id)s" in sql_export.query:
-            user_id = self.env.context.get("force_user", self._uid)
+            user_id = self.env.user.id
             variable_dict["user_id"] = user_id
 
         # Call different method depending on file_type since the logic will be