What is the Peppol identifier?

The Peppol identifier is the number that must be included on the electronic document (invoice, order or delivery note) to be sent via the Peppol network. This identifier makes it possible to connect two companies, to direct the electronic documents sent to the correct recipient.

How to obtain the Peppol identifier

Each company has its own Peppol identifier. For this reason, the customer will have to provide you with this information when you need to invoice. There is also an alternative, the B2Brouter-directory, where you will find the information of companies from all over the world and their Peppol identifier.

How to add the Peppol identifier to the e-invoice

You must enter the Peppol identifier in the customer data. When you create a new customer and add its VAT number, if it is in the B2Brouter directory, the Peppol identifier is automatically added, so you do not need to do anything else.

In case your customer is not in the B2Brouter directory, you must create it manually and, in Invoice sending method, select: Open network and in Transport choose Peppol. Once these options are selected, the Peppol Company ID section is activated, where you can enter your customer’s Peppol ID:

• In the Select Type drop-down, select the identifier scheme.
• In Identifier code, add the numbering of the identifier.

Finally, finish creating the client and save the changes.

Here you can see the steps to create a client.

Once you have created your client and entered its Peppol identifier, you can create the invoice. Once created, the system takes care of adding the Peppol identifier at the time of sending it and, as a consequence, it is correctly routed to the receiver.