XBRL Export Instance - Spec. 2 Report

With the XBRL Export Instance - Spec. 2 report, you can export the required financial reporting information in XML format from an XBRL Specification 2 Taxonomy. You can also post the XML file on your company's Web site and with some coding in Visual Basic you can also present it in a printed document format on the Web site.

To print the Instance Document, click Print. To see the Instance Document on screen, click Preview.

To filter the information in the report, fill in the relevant fields as follows:

Note that during the export the following filters, which will apply to the entire export, will be combined with the filters selected on the individual Taxonomy lines.

XBRL Taxonomy Line

Business Unit Filter: Here you can set business units as filters so that only entries related to particular business units will be exported to the Instance Document.

Global Dimension 1 Code: Here you can set dimension values as filters so that only entries related to particular dimension values will be exported to the Instance document.

Global Dimension 2 Code: Here you can set dimension values as filters so that only entries related to particular dimension values will be exported to the Instance document.

Options  

XBRL Taxonomy Name: Select the taxonomy from which you want to export data into the Instance Document.

Label Language: Select the language you want the labels to be shown in.

Create File: Click to insert a check mark if you want to create a file containing the Instance Document.

XBRL File Name: Specify the full path and name of the file. The name of the file should end with the extension .xml.

Starting Date: Enter the first date to be included in the Instance Document.

No. of Periods: Enter the number of periods you wish to include in the Instance Document.

Period Length: Enter the length of the period using date formulas.

Closing Entries: Select whether you want to include closing entries in the Instance Document.

Document Complete: Place a check mark in this field if the Instance Document contains all information necessary to perform further analysis.

ISO Currency Code: Enter the three-letter currency code for this Instance Document. The currency code should conform to the ISO 4217 standards. The currency code you enter should be the code for the local currency of the company whose data you are exporting, NOT the additional reporting currency.

Show Zero Lines: Click to insert a check mark in this box if you wish to include all lines in the Instance Document, even those lines that contain a zero. Click to remove the check mark if you want all zero lines to be skipped. Note that any non-numeric data will not be affected by this selection.

 

Click the up-arrow in the lower left-hand corner of the window to see the table with the results of the filters you have set for the report.

Related Topics

How to Enter Criteria in Filters

XBRL Export Instance - Spec. 1

XBRL Mapping of G/L Accounts

XBRL Copy Setup