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This document outlines the initial analysis and development process for XBRL formulae, business rules, and their implementation in an intermediate XML format. The focus is on generating and testing linkbases while addressing the limitations of existing formula editors. It includes insights on operational requirements and assertion sets tailored to business reporting standards, as well as the methodology for error communication and validation. This comprehensive guide illustrates a six-month development timeline and emphasizes the importance of using XBRL effectively for varied regulatory environments.
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XBRL Formulae development Business rules document Initial Analysis Document reference numbers and EU / SP classification Development Formulae intermediate formula Test instance documents + corrected linkbase Instance generation and testing Formulae linkbase Linkbase generation
Business rules with references and European / Spanish classification
Intermediate formula format • Not convenient formula editors available when we started • Intermediate XML format as temporal alternative to graphical editor • Properties of the intermediate XML format: • - Based on a XML Schema definition • Uses only a subset of the Formulae specification • Simplifies Xlink Syntax • We designed an intermediate XML format and developed XSLT transformations to obtain the final linkbase: • - Isolates us from changes in the syntax of the specification • Takes care of default values • Takes care of style guide issues • But: • It doesn’t check Xpath expressions • It doesn’t check missing variables or name mistakes • Error detection quite limited • We used Fujitsu’s taxonomy editor to help debugging
Resources • About 400 XBRL Formulae for 3.400 business rules • About 120 working days • = 5,5 months / one person • (2 months with 4 people part time) • In a stable environment, we estimate 36 working days (including both development and tests)
Firing subsets of assertions • Each solvency statement has different frequency requirements • CA: half-yearly for groups and individual companies and yearly for subsidiaries • Operational risk: yearly • We generally assume that not reported data is zero What happens to a rule like this? Addition of operational requirements by method (OR template) must be equal to total operational requirements (CA template) We need a way to select which assertions must be applied depending on the data reported
Firing subsets of assertions • Each assertion set represents the assertions to be applied to a statement • A set of items in the instance document are used to claim which statements are reported (a manifest) • Fujitsu’s processor asks the calling application before processing each assertion set • Our application obtains the reference of the assertion set and checks whether the that statement is in the manifest AssertionSet Reference: Statement 3010 Assertion 1 Assertion 2 Assertion 3
How errors are communicated • Each assertion has: • A reference number • A label that describes the error • When an assertion is not satisfied the following information is sent to the user: • The reference number • The label describing the error • The expression that failed • The value of each input variable • In the case of consistency assertion: • The calculated value • The reported value Assertion Reference: 3010-sv-1 Label: “Operational risk capital requirements not consistent with its breakdown by method applied”
Future plans: Validation against information in a database XBRL Instance document • Test = “abs(($assets - $prevAssets) / $assets) lt 2.00” • Fact variable • $assets : Concept filter • General variable • $prevAssets: “db:fact-from-period($assets, -1)” | (Assets – Assets last year) / Assets| < 200% XBRL processor Xpath external functions
Conclusions • XBRL Formulae covers perfectly our needs • Powerful • Extensible • Maintainable • Intuitive and easy to use • In spite the lack of homogeneity, it is possible to reuse formulae across different countries • Market tools are promising but...
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