InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Item specification reference / Invoice or credit note line › item” · UBL-CR-590

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cac:ItemSpecificationDocumentReference in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for item specification reference under “invoice or credit note line › item”.

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:ItemSpecificationDocumentReference.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cac:ItemSpecificationDocumentReference 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:ItemSpecificationDocumentReference returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-590 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged item specification reference under “invoice or credit note line › item”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

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

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

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