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PEPPOL-EN16931-R001
The business process (BT-23) is missing: a technical identifier of the process the invoice belongs to
What the message means
The business process (BT-23) is missing: a technical identifier of the process the invoice belongs to.
What the issuer needs to change
Have the business process entered in the invoicing software; the usual value is urn:fdc:peppol.eu:2017:poacc:billing:01:1.0.
This rule is part of XRechnung, even though its name starts with PEPPOL.
Fields concerned
BT-23business process type
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- Rule set
- XRechnung 3.0.2 (KoSIT, Schematron 2.6.0)
- Syntax
- CII, UBL
- Level
- Error
Original rule text
Business process MUST be provided.
Technical details for IT
UBL
Context: ubl-creditnote:CreditNote | ubl-invoice:Invoice Test: not(cbc:ProfileID)
CII
Context: rsm:ExchangedDocumentContext Test: not(ram:BusinessProcessSpecifiedDocumentContextParameter/ram:ID)
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