# SERIES_DEFAULT_NOT_FOUND

You have no default invoice series. Create a series in settings before issuing invoices.

<Callout type="info">
**Category:** [Account settings](/errors/category/configuracion)
</Callout>

| | |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | `422` Unprocessable Content |
| Retry | After fixing the cause |

## When it happens

The request did not send `series_id`, and the company has no default series for standard invoices. The default series for simplified and corrective invoices are created on first use, so this is only about `STANDARD`. This is account configuration, not a problem with the request. `error.details.expected_document_type` says which type was needed.

## How to fix it

Check which defaults are missing with `GET /v1/companies/{company_id}/series/defaults`, then create the missing ones with `PUT` on the same path, or create a series of that type and make it the default. Or send an explicit `series_id`.

## 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.

- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices`](/invoices/createCompanyInvoice)
- [`POST /v1/companies/{company_id}/invoices/{invoice_id}/issue`](/invoices/issueCompanyInvoice)

## Example response

When this error occurs, the API answers `422` Unprocessable Content with a JSON body of this shape:

```json
{
  "type": "https://docs.beel.es/errors/SERIES_DEFAULT_NOT_FOUND",
  "title": "SERIES_DEFAULT_NOT_FOUND",
  "detail": "You have no default invoice series. Create a series in settings before issuing invoices.",
  "instance": "/v1/<resource>",
  "errors": [],
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "SERIES_DEFAULT_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "You have no default invoice series. Create a series in settings before issuing invoices.",
    "details": {}
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-05-21T10:00:00Z",
    "request_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
  }
}
```

The `type` URI is stable and always resolves to this page.

## Message

<Tabs items={["English", "Spanish", "Catalan"]}>
  <Tab value="English">{"You have no default invoice series. Create a series in settings before issuing invoices."}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Spanish">{"No tienes ninguna serie de facturación predeterminada. Crea una serie en la configuración antes de emitir facturas."}</Tab>
  <Tab value="Catalan">{"No tens cap sèrie de facturació predeterminada. Crea una sèrie a la configuració abans d'emetre factures."}</Tab>
</Tabs>

Send the request with `Accept-Language: <es|en|ca>` to receive the message in your preferred language.

## Other errors in this category

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="DEFAULT_CANNOT_BE_UNMARKED" description="Cannot unmark the default series. Set another series as default first" href="/errors/DEFAULT_CANNOT_BE_UNMARKED" />
  <Card title="DEFAULT_CANNOT_DEACTIVATE" description="Cannot deactivate the default series. Set another series as default first" href="/errors/DEFAULT_CANNOT_DEACTIVATE" />
  <Card title="DEFAULT_CANNOT_DELETE" description="Cannot delete the default series. Set another series as default first" href="/errors/DEFAULT_CANNOT_DELETE" />
  <Card title="ENTITY_TYPE_INCONSISTENT_WITH_NIF" description="The entity type ‹value› does not match the NIF ‹value›: an individual is identified by a DNI or NIE, and a company or entity by a NIF that starts with a legal-form letter" href="/errors/ENTITY_TYPE_INCONSISTENT_WITH_NIF" />
  <Card title="FISCAL_IDENTITY_LIVE_ONLY" description="This company is live. In Test mode you can only change how the invoice looks (logo, colour, template, languages and additional information). Fiscal details are edited in Live mode" href="/errors/FISCAL_IDENTITY_LIVE_ONLY" />
</div>

## Keep exploring

<div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3 not-prose">
  <Card title="All Account settings errors" description="Every code in this category in one table." href="/errors/category/configuracion" />
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</div>

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