Integration topics and where to find instructions
This article is a map of Maventa's integration documentation. It groups the documentation pages by topic, from company accounts and invoice sending and receiving to consumer invoicing, Peppol, invoice formats, accounts receivable and integration tools. Each link has a short description of what the page covers and when you need it, so you can go straight to the right instructions.
ℹ️ The full instructions for each integration topic are in the Maventa documentation. This article explains what each topic covers and when you need it, so you can go straight to the right page.
Getting started
- Getting started: the integration process, credentials, integration levels and the testing environment.
- API overview: the REST and SOAP APIs, service availability and maintenance.
Company accounts and users
- Companies and settings: creating company accounts for your customers, confirming them, and using several integrations for one company.
- Users: user roles and what each role can do.
- Department companies: when one company needs several separate accounts.
- Billing: how Maventa bills partners and how to rebill your customers.
Sending invoices
- Sending invoices: the full sending flow. It covers finding the recipient's address, attachments, preventing duplicates, following delivery and handling failed invoices.
- Email invoicing: when Maventa delivers by email and how it decides.
- Printing: sending invoices on paper, with instructions for each country.
Consumer invoicing
Consumer invoicing works differently in each country. A company can send to consumers only in its own country.
- Consumer invoicing overview: the available channels and what applies in every country.
- Finland: e-invoices and direct payments to consumers' online banks, and digital post.
- Norway: AvtaleGiro, eFaktura in online banks and Vipps, and other channels.
- Sweden: e-invoices to online banks and digital mailboxes.
Receiving invoices
- Receiving invoices: activating receiving, fetching invoices, and handling errors and retries.
- Scanning: turning paper and PDF invoices into e-invoices.
- Detect: checks on received invoices that help spot errors and fraud.
- Fraud reporting: how to report a suspicious invoice.
Peppol
- Peppol network: how Peppol works, registering companies as receivers, and what happens when a delivery doesn't succeed straight away.
- Document exchange: other business documents over Peppol, such as orders.
- Invoice response: status messages between buyer and seller about an invoice.
- Self-billing: when the buyer creates the invoice on the seller's behalf.
Invoice formats
- Supported formats: the formats Maventa supports, with examples. Maventa recommends Peppol BIS 3.0.
- Peppol BIS 3.0 and Finvoice: format-specific guidance.
- Validation: how Maventa checks invoices, and how to check them yourself before sending.
- Document types: invoices, credit notes and other document types.
Accounts receivable
- Accounts receivable services: payment monitoring, reminders and debt collection through collection agencies.
Tools for integrators
- Webhooks: Maventa notifies your system when something happens, such as an invoice arriving, so your software doesn't have to keep checking.
- Embeddable user interface: show Maventa's interface inside your own product.
- Reference implementations: example code in Java and C#. A good starting point, but not ready-made production code.
- Maventa Connector: a Windows application that moves files between Maventa and local folders. Not recommended for new integrations.
Countries
- Services and reach: what's available in each country, including networks, formats and local requirements.
- Upcoming changes: upcoming changes in e-invoicing rules and networks.
API reference and changes
- API documentation: every API method in detail.
- Developer changelog: recent changes to the API.
- Product changelog: recent changes to the Maventa service.