InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Quantity / Delivery” · UBL-CR-343

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:Quantity in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for quantity under “delivery”.

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:Delivery/cbc:Quantity.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:Quantity 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:Delivery/cbc:Quantity returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-343 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged quantity under “delivery”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:Quantity under “delivery”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

cac:Delivery/cbc:Quantity

Fails the rule
<cbc:Quantity unitCode="C62">2</cbc:Quantity>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file