InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Barcode symbology identifier / Invoice or credit note line › item › standard item identifier” · UBL-CR-583

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:BarcodeSymbologyID in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for barcode symbology identifier under “invoice or credit note line › item › standard item identifier”.

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:Item/cac:StandardItemIdentification/cbc:BarcodeSymbologyID.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:BarcodeSymbologyID 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:Item/cac:StandardItemIdentification/cbc:BarcodeSymbologyID returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-583 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged barcode symbology identifier under “invoice or credit note line › item › standard item identifier”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The rule flags cbc:BarcodeSymbologyID under “invoice or credit note line › item › standard item identifier”. The corrected export omits that element from the affected section.

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:StandardItemIdentification/cbc:BarcodeSymbologyID

Fails the rule
<cbc:BarcodeSymbologyID>EAN-13</cbc:BarcodeSymbologyID>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file