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Use a non-printing section to tag phantom/hidden XBRL facts. Non-printing sections do not appear in the final filing document.

Phantom/hidden fact basics

A phantom/hidden fact is required when you cannot tag a value in the primary document. For example, use them to apply required facts that do not appear in the primary document, like the entity's Central Index Key or the Fiscal Period Focus. Create each parenthetical disclosure in a non-printing section of your document.

Non-printing sections do not appear when you export the document, save it to other formats for printing, or generate your EDGAR HTML documents. They are also excluded from pagination. However, the XBRL facts that are in non-printing sections are included in:

• Instance document output
• Workiva iXBRL viewer 
• XBRL Blacklines
• SEC Viewer

Create a non-printing section

1

Open the document, click the XBRL tab, and make sure Show XBRL is on.

2

Choose an XBRL profile if one is not already applied.

3

Add a section to the document or select an existing section.

4

Right-click on the section and select Set as Non-printing.

Tag phantom/hidden facts

To tag phantom/hidden facts:

1

Open the document, click the XBRL tab, and make sure Show XBRL is on.

2

Choose an XBRL profile if one is not already applied.

3

Open the Document Outline panel on the left and select the non-printing section you want to work with.

4

Add a table and enter the data as needed so you can tag each fact separately.

5

Select cells and click Add Fact.

6

Apply concepts, dates, and any other properties needed to complete tagging.