/ubl:Invoice/cbc:Note

Document Note

Context ID INV0144
Cardinality 0..n
Usage O

Description

Free-form text pertinent to this document, conveying information that is not contained explicitly in other structures.

A textual note that gives unstructured information that is relevant to the Invoice as a whole.

Additionally, in EN-16931 it is possible to provide additional context to the invoice note, by providing codes from the UNCL 4451 code list with a special text formatting. See below for an example.

Details

vrbl-invoice-en16931-ubl-model

Example:

Concat # + UNCL-4451-Code + # + your freetext ...

<Invoice>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
    <!-- ABN = Accounting information -->
    <cbc:InvoiceNote>#ABN#This is an important accounting information.</cbc:InvoiceNote>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
</Invoice>                  

Rules

Rule ID Error Message
VRBL-INV-DK-OIOUBL-2p0-2 The Document Note Language ID is mandatory when more than one Document Note is present.
VRBL-INV-DK-OIOUBL-2p0-4 There must only be one Document Note for every Document Note Language ID.
VRBL-INV-EN16931-M-127 The Document Note must be coded using UNCL4451