SERIES_UNASSIGNED_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED
Set the series' document type. Unassigned series can no longer be created: corrective invoices need a series of their own.
Category: Account settings
| HTTP status | 422 Unprocessable Content |
| Retry | After fixing the cause |
When it happens
The request creates a series with document_type: UNASSIGNED, or moves an existing series to it. UNASSIGNED only survives on series created before types existed.
How to fix it
Send STANDARD, SIMPLIFIED, CORRECTIVE or PROFORMA. Corrective invoices need a CORRECTIVE series of their own.
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
- NUM-005 Simplified invoices are numbered in their own series
- NUM-006 Corrective invoices are numbered in their own series
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/SERIES_UNASSIGNED_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED",
"title": "SERIES_UNASSIGNED_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED",
"detail": "Set the series' document type. Unassigned series can no longer be created: corrective invoices need a series of their own.",
"instance": "/v1/<resource>",
"errors": [],
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "SERIES_UNASSIGNED_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED",
"message": "Set the series' document type. Unassigned series can no longer be created: corrective invoices need a series of their own.",
"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.
Other errors in this category
ACTIVE_CANNOT_DELETE
Cannot delete an active series. Deactivate it first
DEFAULT_CANNOT_BE_UNMARKED
Cannot unmark the default series. Set another series as default first
DEFAULT_CANNOT_DEACTIVATE
Cannot deactivate the default series. Set another series as default first
DEFAULT_CANNOT_DELETE
Cannot delete the default series. Set another series as default first
ENTITY_TYPE_INCONSISTENT_WITH_NIF
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
Keep exploring
SERIES_TYPE_CHANGE_LEAVES_TYPE_UNCOVERED
Cannot change the type of this series: it is the default for ‹value›, and that type still has other active series that would be left without a default. Set another ‹value› series as default first
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