When you have completed the required setup, the system can generate electronic notas fiscais as part of the sales order shipment process. When issuing electronic notas fiscais, you can use one of two possible approaches to requesting SEFAZ authorization and printing the DANFE:

Use Site NFe Control Manut to indicate which option to use. See Setting Up Site Parameters. See Issuing Electronic Notas Fiscais for detailed information on the issuing process.

The communication between the electronic nota fiscal issuer and SEFAZ uses the Internet and the cURL protocol. The electronic nota fiscal must be signed with a digital certificate that contains the Cadastro Nacional Pessoa Jurídicas (CNPJ) for the company site that requests the connection.

There may be circumstances under which you cannot transmit electronic nota fiscal XML files to SEFAZ as normal due to, for example, an interruption in the Web service. In these cases, you can use a contingency process to send the electronic nota fiscal files. For example, you can print the DANFE on a paper form and send it to SEFAZ in hard copy. See Using Contingencies.

You can also cancel an electronic nota fiscal if it is no longer required. The cancellation must be authorized by SEFAZ. See Canceling Electronic Notas Fiscais.

When you are receiving goods from a supplier, you can import electronic notas fiscais in Import NFe File (5.20.3.1) and record received notas fiscais in Fiscal Receiving (5.20.1). You must then manually request authorization for the electronic nota fiscal, and print the DANFE when the electronic nota fiscal is authorized. See Receiving Electronic Notas Fiscais.

If you notice errors in non-essential data for an authorized electronic nota fiscal, you can use a correction letter to rectify the errors. You cannot correct tax amounts, totals, prices, and quantities. See Correcting Details in Authorized Notas Fiscais.