InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Universally unique identifier / Invoice or credit note line › document reference” · UBL-CR-533

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:UUID in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for universally unique identifier under “invoice or credit note line › document reference”.

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:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:DocumentReference/cbc:UUID.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:UUID 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:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:DocumentReference/cbc:UUID returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-533 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged universally unique identifier under “invoice or credit note line › document reference”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:UUID under “invoice or credit note line › document reference”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:DocumentReference/cbc:UUID

Fails the rule
<cbc:UUID>a83f9d93-a05f-4979-9b1d-43cb81f8d60a</cbc:UUID>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file