Identifies the item in connection with electronic document sending and receiving. For the PEPPOL format, the field is used as follows: If the StandardItemIdentification/ID element has the SchemeID attribute set to GTIN, then the element is mapped to the GTIN field on the item card.

GTIN stands for Global Trade Item Number. It is the newest standard for global item identification and also functions as a common standard for older standards, such as EAN and UPC. Microsoft Dynamics NAV supports the following GTIN standard codes.

Standard Code Older Standard Codes Covered

GTIN-14

DUN-14 and ITF

GTIN-13

EAN UCC-13, EAN-13, and CIP

GTIN-12

EAN UCC-12, UCC-12, and UPC

GTIN-8

EAN UCC-8 and EAN-8

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