InvoiceGlass

Extra UBL field “Code list identifier / Additional document reference › document type code” · UBL-CR-659

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

The CEN check flags the XML attribute @listID in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for code list identifier under “additional document reference › document type code”.

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:AdditionalDocumentReference/cbc:DocumentTypeCode/@listID.
  2. Remove the listID attribute from the export mapping and keep the field value.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as cac:AdditionalDocumentReference/cbc:DocumentTypeCode/@listID returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-659 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The UBL export contains an extra listID attribute under “additional document reference › document type code”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The check flags listID under “additional document reference › document type code”. In the corrected file the field keeps its value and the attribute is omitted.

UBL

cac:AdditionalDocumentReference/cbc:DocumentTypeCode/@listID

Fails the rule
<cbc:DocumentTypeCode listID="EXAMPLE">130</cbc:DocumentTypeCode>

Corrected
<cbc:DocumentTypeCode>130</cbc:DocumentTypeCode>

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file