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Extra UBL field “Scheme identifier / Direct debit mandate › payer account › identifier” · UBL-CR-677

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

The CEN check flags the XML attribute @schemeID in UBL invoices and credit notes. It checks for scheme identifier under “direct debit mandate › payer account › 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:PaymentMandate/cac:PayerFinancialAccount/cbc:ID/@schemeID.
  2. Remove the schemeID attribute from the export mapping and keep the field value.

Rule text and source

Paraphrase · The test reports a finding as soon as //cac:PaymentMandate/cac:PayerFinancialAccount/cbc:ID/@schemeID returns at least one match.

Message to the sender

Hello,

rule UBL-CR-677 was triggered when checking electronic invoice {invoiceNumber}. The UBL export contains an extra schemeID attribute under “direct debit mandate › payer account › identifier”. Could you check the export and send us a corrected file?

Kind regards

Example

The check flags schemeID under “direct debit mandate › payer account › identifier”. In the corrected file the field keeps its value and the attribute is omitted.

UBL

//cac:PaymentMandate/cac:PayerFinancialAccount/cbc:ID/@schemeID

Fails the rule
<cbc:ID schemeID="EXAMPLE">DE89370400440532013000</cbc:ID>

Corrected
<cbc:ID>DE89370400440532013000</cbc:ID>

Rule versions

CEN · EN 16931 (KoSIT) 1.3.16

CEN · EN 16931 1.3.17

Validate a file