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Workiva for ESEF Reporting

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The solution is cloud-based, which means you and your team can work collaboratively and you can access your report at any time, from anywhere. With our solution, you can meet ESEF compliance and filing requirements with integrated iXBRL® tagging, review and validation capabilities, as well as a simple, one-click XHTML with iXBRL output.

To help you get started, we recommend following the steps below to learn how to use the Workiva platform. You can view and enroll in tailored courses in the Learning Hub, view help articles and videos, and interact with others in community discussions.

Sign up for training

Workiva's training and enablement offerings will help you find the best courses for your use case. 

The Learning Hub offers training and resources to learn new skills and improve your team’s work. Workiva also offers webinars for live training opportunities.

ESEF reporting process

Getting started

To get started, open your document to view and start editing your annual report—it’s as simple as that. Start with a previous annual report. You and your team can then update your content and data to create this year’s annual report.

Here are a few resources to help you along the way:

  • Use Documents: Use the scroll bar to continuously scroll through the entire document, or use the Document Outline to skip to a specific section.
  • Edit a Document: With intuitive features you’d expect from any document editor, you’ll find all the tools you need to edit and prepare your report.
  • Work with Tables: Tables are fully functioning spreadsheets. This means you can create formulas in tables and edit with ease—no more snipping images from traditional spreadsheets and pasting into a document.

Collaborate with Your Team

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You and your teammates can all work in a single document together, at the same time. Set who can access and edit the document using permissions at either the document or section level. Collaborate with your team in a way that’s controlled, up-to-date and as accessible as you want it to be.

  • Comments in Documents: @ mention team members to discuss changes or updates as you prepare your document.
  • Advanced Permissions: Control access and see who can edit what—from the overall document down to specific sections.
  • Manage Groups: Organize team members by groups to easily update permissions and access to your document.

Version Control and Review

There’s no switching between multiple versions of a file. Workiva removes version control issues that often create challenges in annual reports. With several people working in the same document, you can see a detailed list of changes as they are made. This lets you track down who made what change and when it was made.

Revisions are automatically saved and provide a detailed audit trail of all the work in the document. Additionally, you can use features like track changes and outline labels to create a complete process in a document.

To learn more, see:

XBRL Tagging

The XBRL format lives directly on the document that you are editing. The taxonomy supports languages for all ESMA compliant jurisdictions and through table and in-text tagging, you can rest assured that your XBRL tags are both complete and accurate.

  • Tag Facts: Apply XBRL tags directly to table cells to capture the value and concept required. Additionally, the 10 mandatory tags required in filing will likely appear in text throughout your document. You can directly apply XBRL tags to the narrative.
  • Extensions and Anchors: Create extension concepts, unique to your business in order to tag correctly. Then, anchor that concept back to a base concept.

Review XBRL Files

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Part of the ESEF mandate is auditor review and sign-off. Before auditors begin, you can see and keep track of changes to the XBRL tags through review tools. You can then generate reports of these to send to your auditor for review and sign-off. You can also view your tagged document in the XHTML format with iXBRL tags applied using the iXBRL Viewer.

  • Review Fact Properties: See XBRL tags directly on your document and review the values, accuracy, dates and more.
  • Generate XBRL Files: Generate XBRL files at any time to understand more about your tagging and view the details for the entire document.

Help articles

In Support Center, you can find several help articles for self-service learning. For ESEF reporting, we recommend you check out the following:

Further steps

Have questions about the Workiva platform? Want to check out some tips from fellow users? Look no further than the Workiva Community.

In the community, you can share tips and tricks, and pass along your feedback. While you’re there, don’t hesitate to learn more about how to keep up with platform updates.

Need help?

If you have questions or need help, please contact Workiva Support.

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