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Compliance Network Implementation Guide

SBDH configuration

The Norway-specific Standard Business Document Header (SBDH) values required for invoice submission through Compliance Network.

The table below lists the Norway-specific values to set in the SBDH. All other SBDH elements follow the standard structure described in About the Standard Business Document.

Required SBDH elements

Element Norway value Notes
Sender.Identifier Your 9-digit organisasjonsnummer Set Authority="NO" on the element. See the warning below.
Receiver.Identifier The buyer's 9-digit organisasjonsnummer Set Authority="NO".
DocumentIdentification.Standard urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:Invoice-2 Use CreditNote-2 for credit notes.
DocumentIdentification.TypeVersion 2.1
Scope: Country NO
Scope: ProcessType Outbound For sending invoices as a supplier.
Scope: Mapping.InputSchema Business process = default. Required. Tells Sovos the document is in native PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 format.
Scope: SenderDocumentId Your document reference Recommend matching DocumentIdentification.InstanceIdentifier.
Scope: SenderSystemId Your ERP System ID Defined during account setup.

SBDH examples

Credit note
XML 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<sbd:StandardBusinessDocument xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.4.1#" xmlns:ad="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/additionalData" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:n0="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonSignatureComponents-2" xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2" xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2" xmlns:crn="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CreditNote-2" xmlns:dbn="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:DebitNote-2" xmlns:enc="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/base64Document" xmlns:ext="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonExtensionComponents-2" xmlns:inv="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:Invoice-2" xmlns:qdt="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:QualifiedDataTypes-2" xmlns:sac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:SignatureAggregateComponents-2" xmlns:sbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:SignatureBasicComponents-2" xmlns:sbd="http://www.unece.org/cefact/namespaces/StandardBusinessDocumentHeader" xmlns:sci="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/sovosCanonicalInvoice" xmlns:sov="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/sovosExtensions" xmlns:svs="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/sovosDocument" xmlns:udt="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:UnqualifiedDataTypes-2" xmlns:xades="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#" xmlns:ccts-cct="urn:un:unece:uncefact:data:specification:CoreComponentTypeSchemaModule:2" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.unece.org/cefact/namespaces/StandardBusinessDocumentHeader">
  <sbd:StandardBusinessDocumentHeader>
    <sbd:HeaderVersion>1.0</sbd:HeaderVersion>
    <sbd:Sender>
      <sbd:Identifier Authority="NO">123456789</sbd:Identifier>
    </sbd:Sender>
    <sbd:Receiver>
      <sbd:Identifier Authority="NO">123456789</sbd:Identifier>
      <sbd:ContactInformation>
        <sbd:Contact/>
        <sbd:EmailAddress/>
        <sbd:FaxNumber/>
        <sbd:TelephoneNumber/>
        <sbd:ContactTypeIdentifier/>
      </sbd:ContactInformation>
    </sbd:Receiver>
    <sbd:DocumentIdentification>
      <sbd:Standard>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CreditNote-2</sbd:Standard>
      <sbd:TypeVersion>2.1</sbd:TypeVersion>
      <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
      <sbd:Type>CreditNote</sbd:Type>
      <sbd:MultipleType>false</sbd:MultipleType>
      <sbd:CreationDateAndTime>2026-09-17T06:12:25Z</sbd:CreationDateAndTime>
    </sbd:DocumentIdentification>
    <sbd:BusinessScope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>Country</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>NO</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>CompanyCode</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>123456789</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
            <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>SenderDocumentId</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>CN-MRD7-A0</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>SenderSystemId</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>NO_Test_ERP</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>ProcessType</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>Outbound</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>BusinessProcess</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:BusinessService>
          <sbd:BusinessServiceName>Default</sbd:BusinessServiceName>
        </sbd:BusinessService>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>BusinessCategory</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>B2B</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
            <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>Mapping.InputSchema</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>ALL-PEPPOLBISUBL-3.0-INVOICE-1.0</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>OrganizationId</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>abcd1234...</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
    </sbd:BusinessScope>
  </sbd:StandardBusinessDocumentHeader>
UBL invoice
XML 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<sbd:StandardBusinessDocument xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.4.1#" xmlns:ad="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/additionalData" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:n0="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonSignatureComponents-2" xmlns:cac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonAggregateComponents-2" xmlns:cbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2" xmlns:crn="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CreditNote-2" xmlns:dbn="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:DebitNote-2" xmlns:enc="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/base64Document" xmlns:ext="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonExtensionComponents-2" xmlns:inv="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:Invoice-2" xmlns:qdt="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:QualifiedDataTypes-2" xmlns:sac="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:SignatureAggregateComponents-2" xmlns:sbc="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:SignatureBasicComponents-2" xmlns:sbd="http://www.unece.org/cefact/namespaces/StandardBusinessDocumentHeader" xmlns:sci="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/sovosCanonicalInvoice" xmlns:sov="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/sovosExtensions" xmlns:svs="http://www.sovos.com/namespaces/sovosDocument" xmlns:udt="urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:UnqualifiedDataTypes-2" xmlns:xades="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#" xmlns:ccts-cct="urn:un:unece:uncefact:data:specification:CoreComponentTypeSchemaModule:2" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.unece.org/cefact/namespaces/StandardBusinessDocumentHeader">
  <sbd:StandardBusinessDocumentHeader>
    <sbd:HeaderVersion>1.0</sbd:HeaderVersion>
    <sbd:Sender>
      <sbd:Identifier Authority="NO">123456789</sbd:Identifier>
    </sbd:Sender>
    <sbd:Receiver>
      <sbd:Identifier Authority="NO">123456789</sbd:Identifier>
      <sbd:ContactInformation>
        <sbd:Contact/>
        <sbd:EmailAddress/>
        <sbd:FaxNumber/>
        <sbd:TelephoneNumber/>
        <sbd:ContactTypeIdentifier/>
      </sbd:ContactInformation>
    </sbd:Receiver>
    <sbd:DocumentIdentification>
      <sbd:Standard>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:Invoice-2</sbd:Standard>
      <sbd:TypeVersion>2.1</sbd:TypeVersion>
      <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
      <sbd:Type>Invoice</sbd:Type>
      <sbd:MultipleType>false</sbd:MultipleType>
      <sbd:CreationDateAndTime>2026-09-17T06:12:25Z</sbd:CreationDateAndTime>
    </sbd:DocumentIdentification>
    <sbd:BusinessScope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>Country</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>NO</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>CompanyCode</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>123456789</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>SenderDocumentId</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>INV-coapi-Test-1109</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>SenderSystemId</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>NO_Test_ERP</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>ProcessType</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>Outbound</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>BusinessProcess</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:BusinessService>
          <sbd:BusinessServiceName>Default</sbd:BusinessServiceName>
        </sbd:BusinessService>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>BusinessCategory</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>B2B</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
            <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>Mapping.InputSchema</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>ALL-PEPPOLBISUBL-3.0-INVOICE-1.0</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
      <sbd:Scope>
        <sbd:Type>OrganizationId</sbd:Type>
        <sbd:InstanceIdentifier/>
        <sbd:Identifier>abcd1234...</sbd:Identifier>
      </sbd:Scope>
    </sbd:BusinessScope>
  </sbd:StandardBusinessDocumentHeader>
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Last updated: October 1, 2026