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  • in reply to: About XBRL US #111787
    David Tauriello
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    in reply to: The XBRL API #111838
    David Tauriello
    Keymaster
    Watch an introductory webinar replay about retrieving data with the XBRL API

    Please follow the steps below to get data from the XBRL US Database of Public Filings in a Google Sheet.

    Installation:

    1. Install the Google Sheets XBRL Filed Data Add-on to your Google Account first, using a Chrome browser (NOTE: This add-on will not work with Firefox.). Want to use an existing email Google, without creating a Gmail account? Visit https://accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail.
       
    2. Activate the add-on under the “Extensions” menu on Google Sheets – choose the XBRL Filed Data >> Login / Query / Validate item.

      Click the login button in the panel that opens, and a browser window shows the XBRL US login prompt, where you can either login with your XBRL US Web account, or click ‘Sign in with Google’. Once you’re authenticated, a ‘Success!’
      message appears, and you can close the browser window that opened.

    3. After you’ve activated the Add-on, re-open the Add-on by
      selecting XBRL Filed Data >> Login / Query / Validate item from
      the "Extensions" menu again.
    4. Choose one of the functions in the task pane from the dropdown, at least one filter criteria, and the fields that should populate from the ‘Data to Return’ section of the Query Wizard task pane. Select a radio button option for what should be added to the spreadsheet (the query and data, only the data or only the query) then click the Get button.
    5. Once you’ve confirmed that the =showData custom function is working, open a Google Sheet template and use the make a copy option under the File menu from within your Google account.

      Do not use the ‘request edit access’ option under the view button or ‘Add to My Drive’ under the file menu – these will not work. Using “Make a copy…” under the File menu creates an independent copy of the XBRL Spreadsheet in your Google Account

    6. The Validate tab on the task pane lets you check an SEC, FERC or ESEF filing with business rules specific to US GAAP, FERC or IFRS taxonomies.

    Troubleshooting:

    If you’re having trouble getting data to appear in your copy of the Google Sheet, try the following in the listed order, and stop when your issue is resolved:

    1. If you’re using the ‘Sign on with Google’ option to login, make sure your Google Account has a password – this is a requirement.
       
    2. Open your copy of one of the Google Spreadsheet templates in the browser’s incognito (Chrome) or private (Edge) mode, then open the XBRL Filed Data Add-on’s task pane, select a function, add criteria for a search and click ‘Get’ to initiate a query. When you return to the ‘regular’ browsing tab, the issue should be resolved (you might need to refresh the browser tab).
       
    3. Toggle ‘Use in this document’ and/or uninstall and re-install the XBRL Filed Data Add-on. Choose the “Manage Add-ons” option under the Add-ons menu, click the three dots in the top-right corner of the XBRL API access Add-on. If you have a ‘Use in this document’ option with a checkmark, click to uncheck, then repeat to re-apply the check and return to the sheet to change/test a query.
      If you’re still unable to return data, return to the three dots for the Add-on and uninstall. Reinstall the add-on from https://xbrl.us/xbrl-api-addon, then use the XBRL Filed Data Add-on menu option to display the task pane and log in. Once the Add-on is authorized, select a function, add criteria for a search and click ‘Get’ to initiate a query.
       
    4. Use the advanced search and replace to add a * in front of the initial = for all formulas (be sure to check the ‘search in formulas’ option) in the Google Sheet. This will stop all formulas. Then reverse the find and replace to remove the * from the front of the formulas.
       
    5. move all copies of Google Sheet templates from XBRL US to the trash and then make a new copy of a Google Sheet template.
       
    6. Clear the cache in your browser, then close and re-open your copy of the Google Sheet template.

    Tried everything and it still won’t work? Post a reply here.

    in reply to: The XBRL API #111841
    David Tauriello
    Keymaster

    The Google Sheet and XBRL US API Access add-on were created so anyone with a Google Account can run basic queries and return data via the XBRL API from the XBRL US Public Database of Filings. A Google Account is not needed if you’re using the XBRL API for queries through another resource (Insomnia or another application interface).

    We’ve integrated Google’s login with the XBRL US Web site, so you can use either authentication platform when the XBRL US login prompt appears. If you’re using the same email address on both platforms, you’ll be able to post on these forums, authenticate to use the API, etc.

    If you don’t have a Google Account, you can create one using your current email (without creating an @gmail.com account) – use the link at right to get started.

    in reply to: The XBRL API #111865
    David Tauriello
    Keymaster

    In late 2015, we published our first set of APIs, documentation and related resources (Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel files) as a preliminary attempt at exposing data in the XBRL US Database of Public Filings – the Data Analysis Toolkit.

    Among the feedback we received about the APIs was a consistent request to make them ‘easier for non-XBRL people’ to understand and implement. The XBRL APIs do that, and more, so we’ve decided to shut down the ‘legacy’ APIs associated with the Data Analysis Toolkit in December, 2018.

    With participation from the XBRL Data Community in the form of live web exchange, submitted templates and support through these discussion forums, we expect interest in standardized financial data and a standard to retrieve the data will continue to grow.

    in reply to: The XBRL API #111972
    Revathy Ramanan
    Participant

    Is there an alternative way to write API queries which in turn uses the following conditions

    concept.local-name contains “FairValue”
    dimension.namespace is not equal to “http://xbrl.ifrs.org/taxonomy/2017-03-09/ifrs-full”

    in reply to: Is there a way to achieve logical text filters such as "contains"? #112159
    David Tauriello
    Keymaster

    Hi Revathy – this is a great question. The API itself won’t do this (right now?), but if you retrieve data into a Google Sheet, you can apply a filter over the return and use the spreadsheet filtering (see the BScompare tab of the XBRL Spreadsheet for an example of this at cells F23:J23)

    in reply to: The XBRL API #112974
    Peter Guldberg
    Participant

    So – if I understand this correctly, the report object does not have periods. Only a period-end. Only facts have fiscal period fields.

    If I want to find the latest fiscal period that a specific CIK has filed for that means I will first have to find a report.id for the latest 10-Q or 10-K, and then use that report.id to query for a specific fact, and then getting the period.fiscal-period from that fact. Since there will be facts from both the current and the previous period I will also have to make sure that I get the most recent fact and use the fiscal-period from that.

    Is there an easier way to try and find which fiscal period a report relates to? – Maybe if an entity had a fiscal year-end field?

    in reply to: Reports and periods #113051
    David Tauriello
    Keymaster

    Hi Peter – thanks for your good question. There are a couple of parameters and techniques you can use to return the ‘latest’ data. To find the ‘latest fiscal period’ that a specific CIK has filed, simply use ‘report.is-most-current=true’

    You can also use the .sort(ASC/DESC) switch with nearly all ‘fields’ that are returned. Applying sort to the period.instant and report.filing.date orders the period (for facts returned in a report).

    /report/fact/search?concept.local-name=Assets&entity.cik=XXXXXXXXXX&report.is-most-current=true&fields=period.instant.sort(DESC),report.filing-date.sort(DESC),report.document-type,report.restated-index,report.id,concept.local-name,fact.value,fact.id

    This will return the Assets reported by the CIK in the most current report, with the fact.values sorted by period. Remove the report.is-most-current parameter to see all values for the concept Assets.

    in reply to: Reports and periods #113062
    Peter Guldberg
    Participant

    Hi David – thanks a lot for your detailed answer.
    I can see how that will get me facts from what is the latest report.

    However – my problem is that I want to find the answer to “What is the latest fiscal period that this CIK has filed a report for?” – or similarly: “Which fiscal period is the latest report that this CIK has filed, for?”

    Because only facts have a fiscal-period, and reports have facts from several different fiscal periods, that makes it somewhat difficult.

    It would seem to me that a report could have a fiscal-period field, that could hold this value.

    Although – I can see how in your example, since the period.instant is sorted, the first fact that it returns should have a fiscal-period field that contains what I want. It just seems a somewhat round-about way to get it 🙂

    in reply to: Reports and periods #113087
    David Tauriello
    Keymaster

    Peter – thanks for the clarification; using only the /report endpoint, returning fields report.period-end and report.document-type lets you know ‘what is the latest fiscal period’ for a CIK (quarter or annual as of balance date)

    /report/search?entity.cik=XXXXXXXXXX&report.is-most-current=true&fields=report.entity-name,entity.cik,report.period-end,report.document-type,report.id,report.restated-index,report.sec-url

    in reply to: Reports and periods #113100
    Peter Guldberg
    Participant

    No, that is the whole problem – that does not tell me what the fiscal period is. It only tells me the end date and whether it is a 10-Q or a 10-K. With only that information I cannot distinguish a Q2 report from a Q3 report (or Q1 for that matter). For example the latest report from NKE is Q1 2019, but the period-end is 2018-08-31.

    However – in the meantime I found out that there are two facts named DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus and DocumentFiscalYearFocus. I can use those with the following query, to get the info I need:

    
    /report/fact/search?entity.ticker=nke&report.is-most-current=true&concept.local-name=DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus,DocumentFiscalYearFocus&fields=concept.local-name,fact.value,report.document-type,report.period-end,report.restated-index,report.id
    
    in reply to: Reports and periods #113160
    David Tauriello
    Keymaster

    Peter – thanks, for helping me to see the issue clearly and posting your solution. Our team is aware of your interest in getting this from the report endpoint.

    in reply to: Getting started with the XBRL Google Sheet and add-on #113573
    Natasha Pchelko
    Participant

    Getting error while activating the Add-on:

    ‘Error: Error retrieving token: unsupported_scope_type, Unsupported Scope Type (line 467, file “Service”, project “OAuth2”)’.

    As a result can’t activate the add-on with the XBRL API Access >> Authentication Menu

    in reply to: Getting started with the XBRL Google Sheet and add-on #113587
    David Tauriello
    Keymaster

    Hi Natasha – thanks for writing and apologies for the issue you had getting the add-on to authenticate. I’ve reset your record in our system – please try to use the add-on authentication again, and reply back if you’re still having issues.

    in reply to: The XBRL API #113880
    Adam Gerbert
    Participant

    I was hoping to use the API to validate against dqc rules by posting the required parameters, per the documentation, to the /api/v1/assertion/validate/ endpoint.

    However, I am only getting back this:
    {“error”:”invalid_scope”,”error_description”:”Invalid Scope”}

    This occurs if I use Insomnia, or my own code. It also occurs even if I remove all the additional fields. Is this a permission error of some sort? Any assistance is appreciated.

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