Viewing Unit Detail

Unit details are shown on the Details tab for a selected taxonomy unit. This information reflects properties related to the selected element, such as name, measure, divide by and denominator.

Table 13. Unit Detail Pane Fields and Descriptions

FieldDescription
*NameEnter a label for the unit. For example, enter USD for U.S. dollars or EUR for Euros. This value is not persisted to instance documents. Required.
MeasureOptional: Select the unit in which numeric items have been measured; for example, dollars, shares, Euros, or dollars per share.

  • Currency elements must have currency unit types recognized by the International Standards Organization standard ISO 4217. For more information, see: www.iso.org that were valid at the time the measurement occurred.

  • Shares elements must have a unit measure of “shares”.

  • Rates, percentages, and ratios, not with values multiplied by one number and which are shown using a pure or percentage data type must have a unit measure of “pure”.

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Divide byOptional: Enables the division of measured elements using the measure shown in the Denominator field.
DenominatorOptional: Select the measure that functions as the divisor of the measure shown in the Measure field. For example if “iso4217:USD” is in the Measure field, you could select “shares”.