Peppol explained

Peppol (Pan-European Public Procurement Online) is an international network for secure, standardized and automated exchange of e‑invoices and e‑credit notes. It removes bilateral complexity and ensures seamless delivery, regardless of country or software provider.

How Peppol works

Sender - ERP/finance system creates an invoice or credit note in UBL format.
Sender’s Access Point - Validates per Peppol BIS and adds routing metadata.
Receiver’s Access Point - Receives, checks compliance, and forwards securely.
Receiver - ERP/accounting imports automatically, ready for processing.

Benefits

Interoperability - one connection to all Peppol participants
Standardization - UBL + Peppol BIS
Security - certified access points, encrypted transport
Efficiency - less manual work, faster processing
Global reach - widely adopted in Europe and beyond

Peppol in Business Central

Inside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central we extend Peppol with a lightweight add‑in for a fast, native, all‑in‑one view.

What the add‑in provides

Invoice display (PDF) - Renders the embedded invoice inline.
Attachments - Lists extra PDFs/files with one‑click open.
E‑invoice / E‑credit note (XML) - Shown with syntax highlighting for inspection.
Visual presentation - Styled view for comparison with the PDF.

Key features

Fast & responsive - opens instantly within BC
Customizable layouts, highlighting, and comparison views
Native look & feel matching BC pages & FactBoxes
All‑in‑one - switch between PDF, XML, and styled view without downloads

Example XML (UBL snippet)

<Invoice xmlns="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:Invoice-2">
                  <cbc:ID>INV-2025-0157</cbc:ID>
                  <cbc:IssueDate>2025-09-09</cbc:IssueDate>
                  <cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
                    <cbc:CustomerAssignedAccountID>12345</cbc:CustomerAssignedAccountID>
                  </cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
                  <!-- …rest omitted… -->
                </Invoice>