BR-DE-8 XRechnung: buyer city missing

XRechnung requires the buyer's city.

What the rule says

Das Element "Buyer city" (BT-52) muss übermittelt werden.

The rule's official wording (CEN / KoSIT). The German XRechnung rules are published in German.

Why it happens

The customer's address has no city (BT-52).

How to fix it

Add the city to the customer's address.

Applies to

XRechnung only (German rules by KoSIT).

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More about BR-DE-8

XRechnung requires the city in the buyer's address, which the European standard leaves optional. For public bodies, use the city of the office in the order or in their invoicing instructions, which isn't always the city of their headquarters.

As with all address fields, write the city name on its own. The post code goes in its own field, which XRechnung also requires (BR-DE-9).

The fields involved

BT-52 Buyer city: CII ram:BuyerTradeParty/ram:PostalTradeAddress/ram:CityName; UBL cac:AccountingCustomerParty/cac:Party/cac:PostalAddress/cbc:CityName

Typical situations

The customer's address was entered in a single line.
The customer was created from an email signature with only a street.

Example

The buyer's city in CII:

<ram:BuyerTradeParty>
  ...
  <ram:PostalTradeAddress>
    <ram:PostcodeCode>80331</ram:PostcodeCode>
    <ram:CityName>München</ram:CityName>
    <ram:CountryID>DE</ram:CountryID>
  </ram:PostalTradeAddress>
</ram:BuyerTradeParty>