Numeric Units Cheat Sheet

Scale adds the appropriate number of zeroes behind the numbers in the instance document; Precision defines the digit to which the value is rounded. Scale is a DM Word function, while precision is an attribute included in the instance document. Scale allows you to put a rounded number in the table. Use a precision of Digits As Shown (INF in the instance document) whenever the value tagged is exactly the amount in the instance document.

Line Item Header Value Precision Scale Instance
document
value
Cash (in Millions) 10 Million (6) Millions 10000000
Cash (in Millions) 10.2 Hundred Thousand (5) Millions 10200000
Cash (in Thousands) 10 Thousand (3) Thousands 10000
Cash (in Thousands) 10.2 Hundred (2) Thousands 10200
Cash (in Whole Dollars) 1,000 Whole Number (0) One (no scale) 1000
Dividends per share Not rounded $1 Digits As Shown One (no scale) 1
Dividends per share Not rounded $1.00 Digits As Shown One (no scale) 1.00
Dividends per share Not rounded $1.0 Digits As Shown One (no scale) 1.0
Dividends per share Not rounded $1.25 Digits As Shown One (no scale) 1.25
Earnings per share (in Whole Dollars) $1 Whole Number (0) One (no scale) 1
Earnings per share (except per share data) $1.00 Hundredth (2) One (no scale) 1.00
Earnings per share (except per share data) $1.0 Tenth (1) One (no scale) 1.0
Earnings per share (except per share data) $1.25 Hundredth (2) One (no scale) 1.25
Weighted average shares outstanding (in Millions) 127 Million (6) Millions 127000000
Weighted average shares outstanding (in Millions) 127.2 Hundred Thousand (5) Millions 127200000
Weighted average shares outstanding (in Whole Shares) 127,212,355 Whole Number (0) One (no scale) 127212355
Shares issued Not rounded 10,000,000 Digits As Shown One (no scale) 10000000
Shares issued (in Thousands) 10,000 Thousand (3) Thousands 10000000
Shares issued (in Millions) 10 Million (6) Millions 10000000
Shares authorized Not rounded 10,000,000 Digits As Shown One (no scale) 10000000
Shares authorized (in Thousands) 10,000 Digits As Shown One (no scale) 10000000
Shares authorized (in Millions) 10 Digits As Shown Millions 10000000
Par value Not rounded $1 Digits As Shown One (no scale) 1
Par value Not rounded $.01 Digits As Shown One (no scale) .01
Par value Not rounded $.0001 Digits As Shown One (no scale) .0001
Derivative Average Fixed Rate (percentItemtype) N/A 27% Whole Number (0) One (no scale) .27
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage Rate Range, Maximum (pureItemType) N/A 27% Hundredth (2) Hundredths .27
Derivative Average Fixed Rate (percentItemtype) N/A 27.4% Tenth (1) One (no scale) .274
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage Rate Range, Maximum (pureItemType) N/A 27.4% Thousandth (3) Hundredths .274
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage (percentItemtype) N/A 27.4% Digits As Shown One (no scale) .274