E-invoice / Rules / BR-23

E-invoice rule EN 16931 schematron

BR-23: Line 1: the quantity needs a unit of measure

Line 1: the quantity needs a unit of measure code (BT-130) in the unitCode attribute, for example unitCode="C62" for one piece.

Original wording of the rule

[BR-23]-An Invoice line (BG-25) shall have an Invoiced quantity unit of measure code (BT-130).

Source of the quotation: EN 16931 schematron (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, licence EUPL 1.2)

How to fix it

1. Open the XML file and find the element cac:InvoiceLine/cbc:InvoicedQuantity.
2. Add or correct the element the way the wording of the rule above asks for.
3. Save the file and check it again with our checker. It runs in your browser, the file is never uploaded.

A correct UBL 2.1 snippet

<cac:InvoiceLine
    xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2"
    xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2">
  <cbc:InvoicedQuantity unitCode="C62">6</cbc:InvoicedQuantity>
</cac:InvoiceLine>

The snippet is only the part of the document the rule is about. Put it in the right place inside your invoice; the namespaces are written here only so that the snippet reads on its own.

When it is reported

Profile: EN 16931, Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, XRechnung 3.x

How we rate it: error

Where we point in the file: /Invoice/cac:InvoiceLine[1]/cbc:InvoicedQuantity

Related rules

• BR-21 Line 1 has no identifier (BT-126)
• BR-22 Line 1 has no quantity (BT-129)
• BR-24 Line 1 has no net amount (BT-131)
• BR-25 Line 1 has no item name (BT-153) in cac:Item/cbc:Name
• BR-26 Line 1 has no item net price (BT-146) in cac:Price/cbc:PriceAmount

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