XBRL Consumption, Conversion, & Generation

Comprehensive XBRL Support

Drag-and-drop mapping between components
Create XBRL instances from backend data
Visual XBRL report generation
XBRL Taxonomy as source/target of any data mapping
Data processing functions & visual function builder

XBRL data to/from databases
Support for all major database types
XBRL to/from Excel, XML, JSON, and more
PDF to XBRL
High performance automation with MapForce Server

Working with XBRL in MapForce

Creating XBRL reports from database data

Altova MapForce offers a comprehensive and user-friendly solution for XBRL mapping, conversion, and transformation. This affordable data integration and ETL tool empowers organizations to efficiently manage and transform XBRL data as part of their reporting and compliance processes.

Since financial data is most often stored in backend systems such as relational databases, it’s useful to convert that data directly to valid XBRL instance documents for submission. Using MapForce, you can map database or other data to the relevant XBRL Taxonomy for instance generation. This makes public financial data submission a repeatable and highly manageable process, allowing you to produce valid XBRL reports as required based on the variable data stored in accounting system fields.

Similarly, you can write XBRL data to backend databases and other sources such as XML, JSON, and Excel for integration with other systems or in-depth analysis.

Developing XBRL Mappings

XBRL conversion and transformation in MapForce

MapForce supports the use of XBRL taxonomies as the source or target of any mapping, enabling you to graphically transform backend accounting data into a compliant format without any risk to its semantic or structural integrity and/or integrate reporting data for financial analysis.

To define an XBRL mapping based on an existing taxonomy, simply insert your taxonomy structure in the MapForce design pane. MapForce will display a graphical representation of the file structure, depicting taxonomy concepts, hypercubes, abstract elements, periods, identifiers, etc., with intuitive icons.

The XBRL component takes structural and semantic information from the associated linkbases and is presented in a hierarchy that can be easily interpreted, expanded, or contracted as needed.

Filtering and Processing XBRL Data

MapForce provides flexible support for filtering and processing data via advanced processing functions based on Boolean conditions or manipulating data as it’s converted from source to target format.

For example, because XBRL data is essentially flat, it is often necessary to apply grouping functions that combine source data into groups and then further process those groups to transform the data into a hierarchical structure. This is facilitated by grouping functions in the MapForce function library.

XBRL and Database Integration

Whether for financial reporting, regulatory compliance, or data analysis and auditing, the ability to map data between databases and XBRL is a common requirement.

Unlike other software that only supports one RDBMS or requires extra-cost connectors for working with multiple database types, MapForce supports all SQL databases, as well as the most popular NoSQL databases, in a single version.

Supported relational databases:

Firebird 2.5, 3, 4
IBM DB2 for iSeries^® v6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
IBM DB2^® 8, 9.1, 9.5, 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.5, 11.5.7
Informix^® 11.70, 12.10, 14.10
MariaDB 10, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6.5, 10.9.2, 10.11, 11.2, 11.4
Microsoft Access™ 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2019
Microsoft^® Azure SQL
Microsoft^® SQL Server^® 2005-2022
MySQL^® 5, 5.1, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 8, 8.0.25, 8.0.28, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Oracle^® 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c, 18, 19
PostgreSQL 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Progress OpenEdge 11.6
SQLite 3.x
Sybase^® ASE 15, 16
Teradata 16

Supported NoSQL Databases:

MongoDB
CouchDB

Robust database support in MapForce provides flexibility, interoperability, and future-proofing organizations need in an XBRL data integration tool. Altova couples this support with a highly-affordable cost structure that makes the software adaptable to diverse organizational requirements and IT environments.

XBRL Taxonomy Manager

Customers using Altova XBRL tools such as MapForce often require a variety of different taxonomies and taxonomy versions. Altova has long included a host of most popular XBRL Taxonomies in the MapForce installer, as well as providing additional options in a separate, free installer.

Given the ever-increasing volume of possible taxonomy choices and frequent updates, we have now streamlined this process with a convenient XBRL Taxonomy Manager that provides a centralized way to install and manage XBRL taxonomies for use with MapForce and across all Altova XBRL-enabled applications. The Taxonomy Manager lets you download newer versions of XBRL taxonomies as soon as they become available, independently of the Altova product release cycle.

Automate XBRL Processing

Once your XBRL mapping project is complete, MapForce will convert the data so you can view and save results instantly. More often, it's practical to automate XBRL consumption, conversion, and generation processes via the high-performance MapForce Server.

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