Create a ZUGFeRD 2.0+ E-Invoice in Make: A 4-Module Dropbox Workflow
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ZUGFeRD 2.0+ (also known as Factur-X in France and XRechnung in the German public sector) is a hybrid PDF/A-3 invoice with the machine-readable XML embedded inside the PDF. One file that both humans and ERP systems can consume. This guide walks through the exact run shown in the screenshots: a base invoice PDF and a ZUGFeRD 2.0+ XML in Dropbox become an EN16931-compliant hybrid e-invoice in /pdf4meoutput/, in 4 Make modules, zero code.
The scenario at a glance
1. Dropbox Download (PDF)
Pulls the base invoice PDF (/pdf4metest/Zugfred Invoice/SimplePdf.pdf). Scheduled trigger shown.
2. Dropbox Download (XML)
Pulls the ZUGFeRD 2.0+ XML invoice data (/pdf4metest/Zugfred Invoice/version2.xml).
3. PDF4me Create a ZUGFeRD invoice
Input Format XML, Output Mode XML With PDF, ZUGFeRD Version 2+, Conformance EN16931, Render Yes, Language de.
4. Dropbox Upload
Writes the hybrid PDF/A-3 e-invoice to /pdf4meoutput/ using File set to Map.