E-invoice rule ARLing check
ARL-LEITWEG: The buyer reference "…" looks like a German Leitweg-ID but does not match the expected…
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The check marks ARL-LEITWEG and lists every other finding too. It is free and runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.
Example message from our sample invoice:
The buyer reference "…" looks like a German Leitweg-ID but does not match the expected shape: 2 to 12 digits, an optional fine-grained part, and a hyphen with a two digit check at the end, for example 04011000-12345-03.
What the rule says
This is our own check, not a rule from a schematron. That is why no external wording is quoted here.
Why the validator reports it
How we rate it: warning
Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cbc:BuyerReference
How to fix it
- Open the XML file and find the element
cbc:BuyerReference. - Correct the value the way the message above describes.
- Save the file and check it again. The checker runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.
A correct UBL 2.1 snippet
<cbc:BuyerReference
xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">OBJ-2026-77</cbc:BuyerReference>The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about, and the values in it are made up. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.
Check the whole file
The checker holds 332 rules. For each file it runs the ones that match the invoice profile and shows the rule code, a plain sentence and the path to the element for every finding. The file is read in your browser and never uploaded. Free, no account.
Related rules
Same group (ARL, XML, CII)
- ARL-IBAN Check the account number for a typo
- ARL-ICDPH We expect SK followed by 10 digits, for example SK…
- ARL-MENA The element cbc:Amount carries the currency USD while the invoice is in…
- ARL-PROFIL We ran the EN 16931 core rules only, without the Peppol and XRechnung…
All rules in the group ARL, XML, CII (13)
What our tool does about this error
The checker finds ARL-LEITWEG in your file and shows where it sits in the XML. If you build the invoice in our generator, the finished XML runs through the same checker before the download and will not download while an error remains.
The checker and the preview cost 0 € and need no account. Downloading the finished XML costs 2.90 € excl. VAT, unlocked in the browser for 24 hours, or 9.90 € excl. VAT for 30 days including the CSV batch.
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Our check is not complete: we do not check the XSD schema and we do not implement every rule, and a file that passes says nothing about whether the buyer or the Peppol network will accept it. The source of each quoted wording is given next to the quotation.
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