Creating a New XBRL Context
- On the Tools tab, click XBRL | Global Settings. The XBRL for Financial Statements dialog box opens.
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Select the version of XBRL you are using:
- XBRL Version 2.0.
- XBRL Version 2.1. For this version, select a taxonomy from the Associated Taxonomies box. You may need to first select the taxonomy from the Available Taxonomies box and click Add.
- Click OK. The XBRL Global Settings dialog box opens listing existing contexts.
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Click New.
To create a new context based on an existing tag, highlight the context in the listing and click Copy.
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Under General, enter a descriptive name for the context. This name displays in the drop-down list of contexts in the XBRL tagging dialog. Select a scenario (actual, budget, prior year etc.) for the context from the list, or click Custom to create your own.
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Under Reporting Date or Period, select period information to be associated with this context. Note that you can select a period date sequence that does not exist in the current file, such as 13 periods. Select whether the context applies to the whole period, or just to the beginning or end of the period.
You can select the Forever option for contexts that do not require a time period; for example, company names. When Forever is selected, no other selection needs to be made for the period.
- Fill in the entity information for this context. The entity namespace and identifier are unique to each entity.
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Select monetary context if the context is to apply to a monetary tag. Select the currency that the context refers to. Some information tagged, such as notes, will be text rather than monetary. To create a text or non-monetary tag, deselect "Monetary context".
Note: To select the monetary context for XBRL 2.1, click the XBRL Numeric Options tab.
- For XBRL version 2.0, you have the option to select the Untagged values are assumed to be zero check box so that any values untagged fill in as zero in the XBRL file.
- Click OK to finish.
