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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 add new default templates to the Project Wizard?

    GoFiler uses default templates based on the form type selected in the Project Wizard . GoFiler contains three default templates (for Forms 3, 4 and 5) that can be used as examples when creating your own templates. To add additional templates for ot...
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    How to manually install the SEC Previewer
  4. 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 ...
  5. How do I enable the EDGAR Next Beta in GoFiler?

    How to enable the EDGAR Next Beta in GoFiler.
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  7. 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...
  8. What do I do if the company name on a cover page doesn't match the official SEC name?

    What to do if the company name on a cover page doesn't match the official SEC registrant name for a company
  9. How do I tag "none", "N/A" or a dash for the NoTradingSymbolFlag element?

    One method of disclosing the NoTradingSymbolFlag fact data is to use a hidden fact . There is another method you can use that will transform the data into an acceptable "true" value for this element. However, you must first generate the Inline XBRL...
  10. 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...