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  1. How can I tell what my XBRL report will look like once filed?

    The SEC provides a free viewer so you can privately preview your XBRL reports prior to filing them. This previewer renders reports in a similar manner to the SEC Interactive Data Viewer, which is used to render XBRL reports that have been filed live...
  2. How do I enter my EDGAR access codes into GoFiler?

    In order to submit filings through GoFiler, you will need to set your EDGAR access codes in the application settings. These access codes are received after you submit a Form ID application to the SEC and allow you to transmit filings to EDGAR. Witho...
  3. How do I import a table to XBRL?

    You cannot directly copy a table from Microsoft Word or other word processing applications and paste it into XBRL View. If you have a Word document as your source, the document that contains the table should be brought into GoFiler and converted to ...
  4. How do I set up my filing credentials?

    How to set up EDGAR filing credentials in GoFiler
  5. Fixing Empty Element Names

    When working on an XBRL report in GoFiler, it is possible to get a custom element into a state where the element has a label, exists in the custom fields table, but does not have an element name. This is a bit of an odd, undefined state, that will c...
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    How to deploy the Novaworks Login Assistant to an organization that uses Firefox
  7. What do I do if my interactive data was removed from a Live filing?

    In the event that an XBRL report contains errors or is improperly formatted, the EDGAR System will truncate the filing. This will remove the interactive data from the filing to allow the non-XBRL portions of the filing to be accepted by the EDGAR Sy...
  8. What is the difference between Test File and Test File as Agent?

    The GoFiler software provides two similar features for submitting Test filings to the EDGAR system: the Test File and the Test File as Agent functions. Both functions are located on the File menu on the Submission Ribbon. The differences between the...
  9. Troubleshoot: Could not open fee rate table. The system cannot find the path specified. (code 3)

    How to correct code 3 errors when using the EDGAR fee rate table to calculate fees
  10. How do I enable beta features for my software?

    How to enable beta features for your user in GoFiler.