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CII-SR-478: ChargeTotalAmount shall occur at most once in…

fatal CII

What this error means and how to fix it

A CII syntax rule: the invoice contains a UN/CEFACT CII element that EN 16931 does not use, or uses it more often than allowed. This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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This error needs information only you have, so it is not repaired automatically. The free check shows every finding in the file with its location; if other errors in the same file are in the automatic set (totals, VAT breakdown, rounding, element order), the result page offers the corrected file for 9 €.

Rule text

[CII-SR-478] - ChargeTotalAmount shall occur at most once in SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummation.
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-CIIfatal/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice/rsm:SupplyChainTradeTransaction/ram:ApplicableHeaderTradeSettlement/ram:SpecifiedTradeSettlementHeaderMonetarySummationcount(ram:ChargeTotalAmount) <= 1

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UN/CEFACT CII syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

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