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Classification

Structured Approach to Digital Taxonomies and XBRL Requirements

For CFOs and managers in Group Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Disclosure, and Investor Relations who want to integrate iXBRL into existing reporting and disclosure processes. CCH Tagetik iXBRL powered by CoreFiling supports the creation, tagging, validation, and output of iXBRL files for ESEF requirements. Figures, reports, and tags can be processed using the same data source as financial reporting and disclosure.

This allows tagging, review, and filing to be more closely integrated with existing financial statement and reporting processes. BLUEBIRD provides support for the design, implementation, and integration into the existing finance architecture.

PLATFORM ADVANTAGE

Your Added Value with CCH Tagetik for iXBRL

Integration

Integrate iXBRL with reporting, disclosure, and consolidation.

Tagging and Validation

Flag, review, and prepare reports for filing.

Reuse

Reuse tagging decisions from previous periods.

Review and Approval

Manage the review and approval process within defined workflows.

Multilingualism and Taxonomies

Support multilingual reports and taxonomy updates.

Background

Why CCH Tagetik Is Relevant for iXBRL

Regulatory disclosure involves financial data, reports, taxonomies, and formal filing requirements. If these steps are handled separately, it results in additional handoffs between reporting, tagging, auditing, and filing.

CCH Tagetik consolidates these steps into a single, integrated process. Financial data from reporting and consolidation can be used for disclosure; content can be tagged, validated, and prepared for regulatory filing.

This ensures that financial data, reports, and regulatory tagging remain more closely linked. Changes to data or reports can be incorporated into the filing process in a more controlled manner.

Features

What CCH Tagetik Offers in the Area of iXBRL

The added value lies in the controlled integration of numbers, document logic, taxonomy, and regulatory derivation.

CCH Tagetik addresses iXBRL with a clearly defined range of features. These include, in particular:

Cloud-Based iXBRL Generation

  • Cloud-based creation and processing of iXBRL files for ESEF/ESMA requirements

  • Tight integration of iXBRL with Consolidation, Intelligent Disclosure, and Collaborative Office

  • Automatic tagging of tables and support for tagging inline text

Operational Planning

Automatic tagging of tables and support for tagging inline text

  • Expansion of the taxonomy as needed

  • Validation of tagged reports prior to filing

  • Reuse of tagging decisions from prior periods

Sales & Supply Chain

Reuse of Tagging Decisions from Previous Periods

  • Exporting the final iXBRL file for submission to the relevant authority

  • Multilingual support in all 23 EU languages

IN-DEPTH

CoreFiling Technology, Smart Tagging, and ESEF Working Together

CCH Tagetik iXBRL is based on CoreFiling technology, which is certified by XBRL International, and is specifically designed to meet the requirements of the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) and ESMA. Smart Tagging with a learning engine automatically tags tables, supports inline text tagging, and becomes more accurate with each use. Taxonomy updates are provided, tagged reports can be validated before filing, and tags selected once can be reused across subsequent periods. The architectural difference from standalone filing tools lies in its integration with Intelligent Disclosure, Collaborative Office, and Consolidation: figures and tagged documents are based on the same database. This is complemented by a cloud solution and multilingual support in all 23 EU languages.

Use Cases

Where CCH Tagetik Delivers the Greatest Value in the iXBRL Process

The practical benefits are most evident when companies want to organize iXBRL in a more controlled, consistent manner and more closely aligned with the underlying reporting and disclosure processes. This is particularly true for:

  • high manual effort involved in tagging and filing

  • separate processes for financial data, disclosure, and regulatory reporting

  • ESEF/ESMA requirements with high audit and governance relevance

  • the desire to integrate iXBRL more closely with disclosure management and financial reporting

  • Legacy systems where filing is still operated as a separate technical domain

  • the need to systematically manage taxonomy updates, tag reuse, and validation


The concrete benefits are primarily reflected in greater consistency, reduced reconciliation efforts, more precise tagging, faster filing processes, and a more robust link between disclosure and regulatory reporting.

TARGET AUDIENCES

For Which Companies Is CCH Tagetik Particularly Well-Suited?

In the iXBRL environment, CCH Tagetik is particularly well-suited for companies that no longer want to manage filing requirements through separate specialized processes and manual tagging steps.

These include, in particular:

  • capital market-oriented companies with ESEF/ESMA requirements

  • Conglomerates and larger mid-market companies with more complex disclosure and filing processes

  • Organizations that want to integrate iXBRL more closely with financial reporting, disclosure, and consolidation

  • Finance departments with high requirements for auditability, standardization, and regulatory compliance

  • Companies that wish to integrate filing processes more deeply into the architecture of their finance platform

Relevant roles:

  • Roles closely associated with the CFO

  • Group Accounting

  • Corporate Accounting

  • Disclosure officers, Investor Relations

  • Finance Transformation Teams

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PLATTFORMLOGIK

CCH Tagetik im Zusammenspiel mit weiteren Finance-Prozessen

CCH Tagetik verbindet Planung, Forecasting, Konsolidierung, Reporting und weitere Finance-Prozesse auf einer gemeinsamen Plattform. Daten, Annahmen und Ergebnisse können dadurch über verschiedene Anwendungsbereiche hinweg genutzt und ausgewertet werden.

Die einzelnen Lösungen lassen sich miteinander verbinden und schrittweise erweitern. Welche Bereiche zusammengeführt werden, richtet sich nach den bestehenden Prozessen und Anforderungen der Finance-Organisation.

SUITABILITY AND LIMITATIONS

When CCH Tagetik iXBRL Is Less Suitable— Where the Approach Doesn’t Fit

CCH Tagetik is not automatically the right solution in every context. Its structural benefits arise when iXBRL is intentionally linked to the data foundation, disclosure, governance, and regulatory derivation.

  • when there are only very simple or isolated filing requirements without a platform-based approach

  • when tagging is to be organized completely separately from reporting and disclosure

  • when the target state, roles, and governance are not clearly defined

  • when the organization is not willing to support the integrated filing and platform approach from a technical standpoint

When evaluating iXBRL, technical requirements are just as important as the target architecture, process controls, and added value for finance.

BERATUNGSANSATZ

BLUEBIRD und CCH Tagetik

BLUEBIRD verbindet Erfahrung aus Finance-Prozessen mit tiefer CCH-Tagetik- und Integrationskompetenz. Unsere Teams arbeiten zugleich mit weiteren führenden CPM-/EPM-Plattformen und begleiten Unternehmen auch bei der Softwareauswahl.

So beraten wir plattformübergreifend und betrachten CCH Tagetik immer im Kontext der fachlichen Anforderungen und der bestehenden Systemlandschaft. Unsere Platinum-Partnerschaft mit CCH Tagetik steht dabei für tiefes Produktwissen und umfassende Projekterfahrung.

Wir begleiten Unternehmen von der fachlichen Konzeption über die technische Umsetzung bis zur Weiterentwicklung bestehender CCH-Tagetik-Lösungen.

Unsere Leistungen umfassen:

  • fachliche Konzeption und Zielbildentwicklung
  • Prozess- und Datenmodellierung
  • Implementierung und Konfiguration
  • Datenintegration und Anbindung von Vorsystemen
  • Tests und Übergang in den Betrieb
  • Optimierung und Weiterentwicklung bestehender CCH-Tagetik-Umgebungen
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions About CCH Tagetik iXBRL

The solution supports the automated creation and processing of iXBRL documents for ESEF/ESMA requirements and more closely integrates tagging, validation, and filing with disclosure, reporting, and consolidation—all embedded within the CCH-Tagetik platform logic.

CCH Tagetik iXBRL uses CoreFiling technology for tagging and filing processes. CoreFiling is certified by XBRL International, providing additional reliability for iXBRL file generation—as a specialized technology within the platform’s logic.

Yes. Wolters Kluwer explicitly positions this solution to meet the requirements of the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) and ESMA—for publicly traded companies in the EU and EEA.

Yes. These include machine learning-based tagging, automatic tagging of tables, support for tagging inline text, and the reuse of tagging decisions across subsequent periods.

CCH Tagetik closely integrates iXBRL with Intelligent Disclosure and Collaborative Office. This allows financial figures, narrative content, and filing structures to be consolidated into a single data source—without any disruption in the workflow between report preparation and regulatory output.

Yes. The solution supports all 23 EU languages, and taxonomy changes are kept up to date via CoreFiling. This is particularly relevant for companies with multilingual reporting requirements or frequent regulatory changes.

The two work together. iXBRL is a specialized regulatory component within a broader platform for consolidation, reporting, disclosure, and regulatory requirements. The difference from standalone filing tools lies in platform integration.

Ideally, early on—before the filing, disclosure, database, and review processes are set up separately. That is precisely where it is decided whether iXBRL will merely be implemented technically or integrated into the finance architecture in a structurally meaningful way.

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