InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Test method / Invoice or credit note line › item › additional item property” · UBL-CR-610

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

The CEN check flags the XML element cbc:TestMethod in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for test method under “invoice or credit note line › item › additional item property”.

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:AdditionalItemProperty/cbc:TestMethod.
  2. Adjust the export to omit cbc:TestMethod 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:AdditionalItemProperty/cbc:TestMethod returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-610 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The validator flagged test method under “invoice or credit note line › item › additional item property”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

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

UBL

(cac:InvoiceLine|cac:CreditNoteLine)/cac:Item/cac:AdditionalItemProperty/cbc:TestMethod

Fails the rule
<cbc:TestMethod>Example</cbc:TestMethod>

Corrected
<!-- optional element omitted -->

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file