This page has information and tools to help you get started using XBRL corporate financial data reported to the US SEC through a variety of resources.

XBRL Data Analytics from Our Members

Below are a couple of applications from our Members that feature XBRL data analytics capability. Click the links to get details, refresh the page to see a couple more, or visit this page for the full list of analytics tools from XBRL US Members.

Contexxia

Contexxia revolutionizes the way SEC filings can be analyzed. Contexxia helps users discover new and changed content in 10-K and 10-Q SEC filings, provides insights into accounting data reported in financial statements and footnotes and highlights past, present and future events that may affect a company's performance.

DisclosureNet Solutions and Services

Certent DisclosureNet is the only complete reporting solution, period. It provides solutions and services to access public company filings and helps locate qualitative, unstructured information to establish best practices and perform peer comparisons.

StyleVision

Altova StyleVision’s visual design model radically simplifies XBRL-related reporting and analysis, making it possible for business domain experts without deep XML expertise to leverage the full power of XBRL. StyleVision’s support for XML, SQL database, and XBRL inputs also makes it possible to combine XBRL document-based content with data from other sources, all using a

How To: Find Out More about Inline XBRL

Inline XBRL essentially combines XBRL and HTML documents, to create a single document that is both human-readable and machine-readable. Inline XBRL is under consideration by the SEC for public company reporting and is used in non-US markets today. To learn more, watch this Webinar:

Learn more about the Inline XBRL technical specification.

How To: Extract XBRL Data Directly from the SEC Web Site

Thousands of public company data financial statements are available from the SEC’s EDGAR system today. Years of history can be extracted directly from EDGAR. Watch a How To demo from Alexander Falk, CEO of Altova:


Additional materials related to this webinar can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/altova/sec-xbrl and slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/afalk42/xbrl-us-altova-webinar.

How To: Download Individual XBRL Files and .zip Archives from the SEC Web Site

Need to get a single filing from EDGAR? Watch this brief video to learn how to manipulate URLs on the SEC's Web site and get to a company's .zip of a filing in seconds.

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