InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Fax number / Buyer › contact” · UBL-CR-254

  • Severity · Warning
  • Applies to · UBL
  • Editorial review pending

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:Telefax in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for fax number under “buyer › contact”.

As of

Who can correct it?

The invoicing software provider can correct the export.

How to fix it

  1. Find the entry in the UBL export at cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact/cbc:Telefax.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:Telefax at this location. If you need the information, first check where the selected profile expects it.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact/cbc:Telefax returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-254 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged fax number under “buyer › contact”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:Telefax under “buyer › contact”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:Contact/cbc:Telefax

Fails the rule
<cbc:Telefax>+49 30 555 0100</cbc:Telefax>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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