EXCHANGE_REQUIRES_SIMPLIFIED
Only simplified invoices can be exchanged, and ‹value› is not one.
Category: Invoices
| HTTP status | 422 Unprocessable Content |
| Retry | After fixing the cause |
When it happens
One of simplified_invoice_ids is not a simplified invoice. Only simplified invoices are exchanged.
How to fix it
Send only the ids of SIMPLIFIED invoices.
Retry
Not as is: the same request fails the same way. Fix the cause described above, then send the request again, under a new Idempotency-Key if the body changed.
Returned by
The operations where this code is most likely. The list is not exhaustive.
Rules that cite this code
Example response
When this error occurs, the API answers 422 Unprocessable Content with a JSON body of this shape:
{
"type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/EXCHANGE_REQUIRES_SIMPLIFIED",
"title": "EXCHANGE_REQUIRES_SIMPLIFIED",
"detail": "Only simplified invoices can be exchanged, and ‹value› is not one.",
"instance": "/v1/<resource>",
"errors": [],
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "EXCHANGE_REQUIRES_SIMPLIFIED",
"message": "Only simplified invoices can be exchanged, and ‹value› is not one.",
"details": {}
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
"request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
}
}The type URI is stable and always resolves to this page.
Message
Send the request with Accept-Language: <es|en|ca> to receive the message in your preferred language.
Placeholders like
‹value›are filled in at runtime with the actual values of your request.
Other errors in this category
ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICE_UNAVAILABLE
A source invoice is not available (it does not exist or you no longer have access); uncheck the source invoices attachment to send without the folder
ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_NO_SOURCES
The invoice has no consolidation disbursements: there are no source invoices to attach
ATTACH_SOURCE_INVOICES_REQUIRES_PDF
Attaching the source invoices also requires attaching the invoice PDF
ATTACH_SOURCE_PDF_MISSING
These source invoices have no generated PDF: ‹value›
ATTACH_SOURCE_ZIP_TOO_LARGE
The source invoices ZIP (‹value› MB) exceeds the maximum sendable size (‹value› MB)
Keep exploring
EXCHANGE_INVOICE_NOT_VOIDABLE
An invoice issued in exchange for simplified invoices cannot be voided: the simplified invoices were replaced by it. If it has an error, correct it with a corrective invoice.
EXCHANGE_SIMPLIFIED_NOT_YET_ACCEPTED
The record of simplified invoice ‹invoice_number› is not accepted by AEAT yet: wait until it is accepted and try the exchange again. Nothing was issued.