XBRL Blog Magazine » Training http://xbrlblog.com it is about improving the way information is shared Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 XBRL Visualization with the Style http://xbrlblog.com/xbrl-visualization-with-the-style.html http://xbrlblog.com/xbrl-visualization-with-the-style.html#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:45:02 +0000 Ilija Šuša http://xbrlblog.com/?p=1889

stylevisionHow to visualize (render) your XBRL Instance document in a few steps with Altova StyleVision.

  • Prepare you XBRL fillings or download some valid fillings from SEC site.
  • Download Altova StyleVision (30 days trial) and install it on your computer.
  • Start Altova StyleVision and click File -> New -> New from XBRL Taxonomy.
  • Point to you Taxonomy (Schema) document and click Open.
  • Assign prepared Instance document by clicking Browse -> Open.
  • On the left side of the screen you will get Schema Tree with available Elements, Concepts, Periods,…

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  • On the center of the screen is report designer.
  • Type “My First Report” header in report designer and format it using Formatting toolbar.
  • Drag one of the available concepts from Schema Tree under the report header.
  • XBRL Table Wizard pops up – drag Period into Column Breakdown and Concepts into Row Breakdown. Click OK.

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  • You will get a table in report designer.
  • If you click some of the Preview tabs you will render your report into appropriate format.
  • Click File -> Save Generated Files -> … to create .xsl transformation for the choosen format.
  • Project -> Save Project.
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edgar-onlineEdgar Online posted in his monthly newsletter a list of online resources where you can learn more about XBRL. XBRL Blog Magazine also take a place on this list.

“A portion of this list was generated in an XBRL discussion forum, where members generously responded to a CPA student’s plea for resources that would explain the technology, but were written for people without a programming background.”

Find a full list here.

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Charles Hoffman released new site about practical use of XBRL. Site contain various types of sample documents which can be used for education and educational purposes.

http://xbrlsite.com

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What can put business reporting on the fast track, improve audits, integrate data across functional lines, improve transparency and enhance performance analyses? It’s XBRL, the new data standard for reporting business information. 

XBRL for Dummies shows you what XBRL is… how to use it… and why you should!

Read more about this book here. 

You can order this book here.

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