624-08 : EDGAR Filer Manual v65 6.24.8 page 6-77

Created by: SEC Office of Structured Disclosure

Merged Columns

If every column in the default layout represented a different combination of period and unit, then the display would often have empty space. In the examples below, the Revenue element is a duration-type element and the Assets element is an instant-type element, so that the figures could only appear this way:

Period Axis → 3 mo.
ended Dec
31, 2013
9 mo.
ended Dec
31, 2013
Dec 31,
2013
Primary Axis ↓      
Line Items:      
Revenue: xxx,xxx yyy,yyy  
Assets:     zzz,zzz

Columns representing an instant period are instead shown merged with the columns representing durations that end on that date:

Period Axis → 3 mo. ended
Dec 31, 2013
9 mo. ended
Dec 31, 2013
Primary Axis ↓    
Line Items:    
Revenue: xxx,xxx yyy,yyy
Assets: zzz,zzz zzz,zzz

A set of facts with different units all on distinct elements may be merged into a single column as well. In particular, when facts whose unit is a currency, facts with units "shares", and facts whose unit is that same currency "per share" have compatible periods, they are merged into the same columns.

References

Variations

Number Name Description References Data Inputs Result Outputs
_000gd A simple table with two durations having a common end date. Same as the example in EFM 6.24.8  
    valid
 
_001gd Three columns merging 1-year durations with instants at the end of each. This example uses the public float and number of employees figures.  
    valid