Using XBRL Facts in Text Objects and Text Cells

XBRL facts with textual information may get data from text objects or text cells in a grid. The procedures are similar for text objects and text cells. An XBRL fact containing textual information and can be used in the following manner:

Textual information must reside in a text cell or a text object.
The XBRL fact with non-numeric data has an XBRL context; Units are not applicable.
The XBRL line item associated with text must have a data type of string in the schema.

To define text in a text object or text cell as an XBRL fact.

Select the content in a text object or text cell.
In the property sheet, select XBRL Fact
In Line Item, click to select a line item for a schema.
in XBRL Context, select a context. To create a new XBRL Context, click .

Related Content

For information on Line Items, see Assigning XBRL Line Items to Rows
For information on XBRL Context, see Managing XBRL Context