Creating XBRL Instance Documents

This topic discusses how to create an XBRL instance document. Page Used to Create Instance Documents.

Page Used to Create an XBRL Instance Document

Page Name	Definition Name	Navigation	Usage
Create Instance	XBRL_INST_RUN	select EPM Foundation, then select XBRL Reporting, then select Generate Instance, then select Create Instance	Generate an XBRL instance report.

Create Instance Page

Use the Create Instance page (XBRL_INST_RUN) to generate an XBRL instance report. After all of your setup is complete, and you've imported your taxonomy and financial facts, you can create an XBRL instance document using the Create Instance application engine process.

Navigation

select EPM Foundation, then select XBRL Reporting, then select Generate Instance, then select Create Instance

Image: Create Instance run control page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Create Instance run control page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

This page uses all of the set up information to create an XBRL instance report.

Instance Header

Specify the instance header to use for this XBRL instance report. You establish an instance header using the Define Instance Header page.

As of Date

Specify the date for the instance. This date is used to resolve the setup rules with effective dates.

Edit/View Header

Click this link to access the Define Instance Header page, where you can review or modify the instance header definition.

Entity Name

Select the entity that you will be submitting the XBRL instance document to. You establish XBRL entities using the Define Reporting Entity page.

Edit/View Entity

Click this link to access the Define Reporting Entity page, where you can review or modify the reporting entity definition.

Report Output

Specify the type of report output. Values are:

Report ID: Select to generate an instance document from a single report ID, then select the report in the Report ID field.
Report Set: Select to generate an instance document for a report set, then select the reports set in the Report Set field.

Preview

Select this check box to create an BI publisher report for all the line items including footnotes. Use this report to verify the results of the XBRL instance document.

Note: BI Publisher must be installed for this option to work.

See PeopleSoft PeopleTools PeoplBook: BI Publisher for PeopleSoft

Create

Select this check box to create the XBRL instance document.

Publish

If the Create option is selected, then you can also select this check box to create an XML message using Integration Broker. The message type is non-rowset based. You can view the Instance document as an XML message using the Service Operations Monitor of the Integration Broker.

Note: You need to set up Integration Broker for this option to work. Only the message object is delivered.

See PeopleSoft PeopleTools: PeopleSoft Integration Broker Administration

File Name

Enter the filename to assign to the generated XBRL instance report, without the file extension. The system automatically appends ".XBRL" and ".XML" to the file name.

The content of the XML and XBRL files are identical. You will need to submit the XBRL file per the XBRL requirements.

The Create Instance process does not use EPM job streams. Instead, the process uses online temporary table instances, and Peopletools manages the assignment of temporary tables. The instance count for the Create Instance process has been set to 3. Make sure that the "Online Temp Table Instances" parameter in PeopleTools Options is configured to at least 3.

To confirm the document is well formed, open it in an XML editor or an Internet browser, such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. If it loads without errors, it is well-formed.

After the process is complete, review the process monitor status and the message logs for any logged exceptions. You can access the instance documents using the process monitor or the report manager if the report node is setup properly.

The context IDs are system generated for each segment (dimension member) value of a table schedule.