General introduction to Continia eDocuments
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The functionality described in this article requires the Enhanced Continia eDocuments feature – introduced in Continia Document Output 2026 R1 (v28) – to be enabled and is not applicable to older versions. For more information, see New Document Output framework.
As the eDocuments framework is shared between Continia Document Capture and Document Output, the article contains some content that pertains to the Document Capture side of the framework, which is relevant to know if you have both solutions activated.
eDocuments are basically XML files that are transferred via networks like the Peppol Network. The Peppol Network is perhaps the most well-known of such networks, but there are multiple similar systems and digital infrastructures around the world, which are also supported by Continia eDocuments. Continia eDocuments facilitates document transfer in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central by converting Business Central documents into XML documents that can be sent via these networks, and by converting XML documents that you receive via the networks into Business Central documents. This means that you can work with these XML documents exactly as you're used to working with other documents in Business Central.
Not only are you able to see which eDocument types your customer or vendor can send or receive via a certain network, but you can also automate processes such as the sending of posted sales invoices and released purchase orders. Document statuses, metadata, and sending/receiving capabilities are kept up to date in the background.
Continia eDocuments informs you if any electronic document you're about to send is invalid, so that you can resolve the issues beforehand. And if, for example, a vendor is unable to deliver your ordered items or has to make other changes to an order, the vendor can notify you directly using an order response. You can then update the original purchase order based on the vendor information in the order response.