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anubo User Guide for anuboXBRL Reader and anuboXBRL Analyzer - Add-ins for Microsoft Excel

11. Glossary

Glossary of key XBRL, anuboXBRL, and Microsoft Excel terminology used in this guide.

11.1 XBRL Terms

  • Concept: A specific financial reporting item (for example Revenue, Assets, Cash) defined in a taxonomy. In anuboXBRL functions and documentation, we use concept to refer to both the taxonomy definition and the reported value (fact) in company reports, as this term is more intuitive for finance professionals.

  • Fact: A single piece of business information (a reported data point) in an XBRL instance document or inline XBRL document. Each fact is assigned to a concept from the taxonomy and is contextualized by dimensions such as reporting entity, period, and unit of measure. Note: In anuboXBRL user documentation and function parameters, we use the term concept for simplicity, referring to the reported item regardless of whether we mean the taxonomy definition or the actual fact in the report.

  • Dimensional fact: A fact that includes one or more axis/member pairs (for example revenue by geographic region or product line). See Section 1.4 and Chapter 7.

  • Taxonomy: A dictionary of concepts and their relationships used for XBRL reporting (for example US-GAAP, IFRS).

  • Instance document: The actual XBRL report containing company data tagged with concepts.

  • iXBRL (inline XBRL): A human-readable filing (typically HTML) with embedded machine-readable XBRL tags. anuboXBRL works with iXBRL report packages (.zip, .xbri).

  • Link role: A URL that defines how concepts are organized into tables or presentations.

  • Dimension: An axis for breaking down data (for example by product line, geographic region, or business segment).

  • Member: A specific value along a dimension (for example North America for a geographic dimension).

  • Period: The time period for reported data (instant for balance sheet items, duration for income statement items).

  • Unit: The measurement unit for numeric values (for example USD, shares, pure numbers).

  • Decimals: Information about how to scale numeric values (negative = divide, positive = round).

11.2 anuboXBRL Terms

  • Reader edition: Inserts static values into Excel cells (no ANUBO formulas remain in the sheet). Suited for quick exports and simple line items; dimensional facts have important limitations for professional traceability. See Chapter 2.

  • Analyzer edition: Inserts ANUBO custom functions (including the BYDIMENSIONS family) so values can recalculate and fact context stays visible in the formula bar. Includes premium features such as Attributes (report header, bulk parameter changes).

  • BYDIMENSIONS: The family of custom functions ANUBO.XBRLFACT*BYDIMENSIONS that resolve labels, values, dimensions, period, unit, and decimals from a concept plus a dimensions argument (axis=member;…). Used by Report Data – tables, dimensional items, and dimensional analysis. See Chapter 8.

  • Report package: A .zip or .xbri file containing an iXBRL/XBRL report for upload via Upload report package. See Chapter 6.

  • Company abbreviation: Short identifier used in custom functions (for example DEMO_MICROSOFT_10K).

  • Closing date: The report date (as-of date) for the financial statements.

  • Personal cloud: Your private storage space for uploaded reports (per-user limits apply by edition).

  • Processing: Converting a newly uploaded or first-selected report into anuboXBRL’s internal format when you select it in Company & Reports.

11.3 Microsoft Excel Terms

  • Custom function: User-defined Microsoft Excel formula provided by anuboXBRL (for example ANUBO.XBRLValue or ANUBO.XBRLFACTVALUEBYDIMENSIONS).

  • Add-in panel: The side panel in Microsoft Excel that provides the anuboXBRL interface (opened from the ribbon → anuboXBRL).

  • Add-in: A Microsoft Excel extension that adds new functionality (anuboXBRL Reader & Analyzer use one add-in).