ESEF
Is your company one of the approx. 7,500 companies in Europe that currently prepare your financial report in accordance with the ESEF regulation? Producing an ESEF report is still an unfamiliar process for many companies but don’t despair – you are not alone!
When helping hundreds of companies to produce their annual report in the ESEF reporting format, we at CtrlPrint have noticed that there is still a lot of confusion of what to do and how to do it. The questions our Client Services team receive are often very similar, which indicates that most of you are struggling with the same issues.
To ease the process and answer the most common questions we have gathered our tutorials, online courses, instructions etc building on CtrlPrint’s ESEF solution.
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Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 14th of March
Week 11 topics:
Hidden Data (Using setting options first), how to use CtrlPrint Articles to answer common questions and what the support widget tells us.
Week 11 ESEF – News and Q&A
It’s time for our next session of ESEF News and Q&A, where our expert team answer your questions in real-time. Found out this week’s topics and register.
Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 7th of March
Week 10 topics:
CtrlPrint XBRL Tagger update, how to change member elements order and how to use PerShare/Monetary type tag in text section.
Week 10 ESEF – News and Q&A
It’s time for our next session of ESEF News and Q&A, where our expert team answer your questions in real-time. Found out this week’s topics and register.
Save the Date tapahtumaan: Kestävyysraportointi osaksi vuosiraportointia
Tervetuloa mukaan kuulemaan käytännönläheisiä vinkkejä ja näkemyksiä tulevaan kestävyysraportointiin valmistautumisesta.
Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 28th of February
Week 9 topics:
Best practices in tagging, validation results from auditing tools and duplicate labels and preferred label roles.
Week 9 ESEF – News and Q&A
It’s time for our next session of ESEF News and Q&A, where our expert team answer your questions in real-time. Found out this week’s topics and register.
Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 21st of February
Week 8 topics:
Table selection in Notes, Hi-Res PDF submission and Communicating with your agency.
Week 8 ESEF – News and Q&A
It’s time for our next session of ESEF News and Q&A, where our expert team answer your questions in real-time. Found out this week’s topics and register.
Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 14th of February
Week 7 topics:
The keys to a successful ESEF project, Note selection, Force option, CMAP and ESEF Learning.
Week 7 ESEF – News and Q&A
Join us tomorrow 14th of February, when our expert team will be hosting our next session of ESEF – Weekly news and Q&A, where you can get answers to your questions in real-time.
Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 7th of February
Week 6 topics:
Setting to Force (Fonts), layers, ESEF 2022 Taxonomy and String Tags & continuations.
Week 6 ESEF – News and Q&A
It’s time for our 6th week of ESEF News and Q&A. Read more about this week’s topics and make sure to register today.
Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 31st of January
Week 5 topics:
Test NSM or Auditor filling before submission / Validation, the keys to a successful ESEF project and overview of new Excel reports
Week 5 ESEF – News and Q&A
Join us tomorrow when our expert team will be hosting our next session of ESEF – Weekly news and Q&A, where you can get answers to your questions in real-time.
The keys to a successful ESEF project
In this video we talk about the most common issues that may arise and where to find the information on how to solve them.
Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 24th of January
Week 4 topics:
11 tags not listed in folder “000000”, how to apply a monetary type tag in the notes, continuations with string type of text tags and how to check if the report has hidden elements validation reports from different auditing tools.
Week 4 ESEF – News and Q&A
Welcome to tomorrow's CtrlPrint ESEF – Weekly news and Q&A Join us tomorrow Tuesday 24th of January, when our expert team will be hosting our first session of live ESEF – Weekly news and Q&A, where you can get answers to your questions in real-time. We'll also...
Recording: Weekly ESEF News and Q&A 17th of January
Week 3 topics:
Overview of new Excel reports, edit an existing tag and how to apply the tag Disclosure of notes and other explanatory information.
This week’s ESEF – Weekly news and Q&A
Join us tomorrow when our expert team will be hosting our first session of live ESEF – Weekly news and Q&A, where you can get answers to your questions in real-time.
The new CtrlPrint ESEF Learning
The new CtrlPrint ESEF Learning program will help you when creating and finalising your ESEF report. With a combination of text, recordings and weekly news updates we hope to make your journey as simple as possible.
CtrlPrint XBRL glossary
On this page you will find definitions for some of the most common words and terms in today’s XBRL vocabulary such rolling forward, hidden facts and text block.
Where to find ESEF training recordings
All the latest up to date ESEF training content and recording are available here:
Recording and presentation: Advanced training in CtrlPrint and ESEF
In the recording we will do a deep dive in CtrlPrint and ESEF. Some of the topics covered: Deeper dive in the Tagger, Block/Text tagging in different layers
Recording, presentation and Q&A: How to text block tag the notes
In this recording we will show you how to text block tag the notes in CtrlPrint. Some of the topics covered: Text block tagging, Tagging in different layers
Recording and presentation: The Basics of CtrlPrint and ESEF
CtrlPrint offers free live training sessions for all our users where you have the opportunity to ask questions and get the latest updates from our experts. Here is a recording from our training The Basics of CtrlPrint and ESEF
Updates and improvements in CtrlPrint XBRL Tagger
The CtrlPrint XBRL Tagger has been updated with a number of new features and improvements to help with text block and table tagging.
Recording and presentation: CtrlPrint for agencies and designers
On October 5th 2022 we hosted a webinar called ‘CtrlPrint for agencies and designers’. With this webinar we wanted to give you practical examples of how you can improve your workflow to get the most out of collaborating through CtrlPrint.
Recording and presentation deck – Prepare your documents for ESEF
In this webinar you will learn how to prepare your InDesign documents for tagging. It’s crucial to use the proper settings in InDesign and CtrlPrint to be able to create a nice looking and approved ESEF report.
Webinar – Prepare your documents for ESEF
In this webinar we will show you how to best prepare your documents for ESEF tagging, including block tagging of the notes.
AMANA webinar: Textblock-Tagging with SmartNotes
All around Europe there are Financial Controllers and Accounting Specialists struggling to understand how to set up their preparations for the upcoming extended mandatory tagging for ESEF.
30th XBRL Europe Conference in Paris
What could be better than a summer day in Paris? A summer day in Paris packed with XBRL and ESEF, of course! XBRL Europe, a not for profit organisation affiliated to XBRL International, hosted in Paris its annual conference focusing on the latest developments within...
Recording from webinar – Completing and publishing your ESEF report
Watch the webinar about how to complete and publish your ESEF report.
Join our webinar – Completing and publishing your ESEF report
Register to CtrlPrint’s webinar where we will share our best tips and experiences from supporting 300 clients with their ESEF report.
New tutorial: ESEF – Understanding SignLogic and calculations
In this tutorial you’ll learn about implementing SignLogic and calculations in your ESEF report, including what it is and examples.
Recording from ESEF – How to avoid font issues
In this online training we’ll show you how to handle possible font issues in your ESEF report.
Avoiding font issues in your ESEF report
When creating an ESEF report a pdf is converted to XHTML. When you convert a pdf, some font issues can arise in the XHTML file. See this page for instructions on how to handle this, if it occurs.
Recording and presentation from ESEF – When and how to create an extension, Oct 1 2021
This online training focus on extensions in your ESEF report; what it is, when is it necessary to create an extension, and how you create an extension.
Recording and presentation from ESEF – Understanding SignLogic and calculation, Oct 1 2021
This training focus on SignLogic and calculations in your ESEF report: What is SignLogic? What are calculations? How do you set up calculations?
Recording and presentation from Hands-on ESEF/UKSEF Workshop
CtrlPrint hosted a workshop aiming to guide you through the regulated process of tagging your Annual Report as set out by ESEF /UKSEF
Get started with mapping
In this online training you’ll learn the basics of how to map your ESEF report.
New ESEF tutorial – In-tagger validations
In this online training you’ll learn about validations from your ESEF report.
New ESEF tutorials available
We have now uploaded more tutorials regarding ESEF reporting. Click on the video you are interested in and you will be redirected to the tutorials.
ESEF: Get started with mapping, Sep 6 2021
In this recording and presentation from Sep 6 2021 you’ll learn the basics of how to map your ESEF report, including an introduction to tagging.
Recording and presentation from ESEF – Understanding SignLogic and calculations, Sep 3 2021
This training focus on SignLogic and calculations in your ESEF report; what is SignLogic? What are calculations? How do you set up calculations and when do you need to do this?
ESEF – Get started with mapping, Sep 3 2021
Recording and presentation from Sept. 3, 2021. In this training you’ll learn the basics of how to map your ESEF report, including how to install CtrlPrint XBRL tagger.
Recording and presentation from ESEF – Validations Aug 24 2021
This online training focus on validations for your ESEF report: severity levels, how to access the validation reports, some validation examples and how to solve them
Recording and presentations from “Preparing the UK for ESEF” June 24, 2021
In March 2021, CtrlPrint and Amana Consulting, sent a survey out to issuers in UK affected by ESEF. The purpose was to gather thoughts and experiences, now it is time to share the outcome.
Recording from IR Magazine Forum, 10 June 2021
On 10 June 2021, IR Magazine hosted the webinar IR Magazine Forum – Europe Staying Agile: The Transformation of IR. If you missed our presentation The Road to ESEF, no need to worry. A recording is available here:
Getting the UK prepared for ESEF
In March 2021, CtrlPrint and Amana Consulting sent out an EU wide survey to issuers affected by ESEF. Now it is time to share these experiences, best practices and stories
Recording and presentations from “The Road to ESEF – Over the Finish Line” 1 June 2021
We hope you enjoyed it and got some inspiring information for your upcoming ESEF project. You’ll find the presentations and useful links further down in this post.
Join our survey: The road to ESEF – Over the Finish Line
CtrlPrint would like to invite you to share your ESEF experience through a short survey about your reporting process. All answers are processed anonymously.
Webinars: The road to ESEF – Over the Finish Line
A webinar summarizing your thoughts and experiences together with our knowledge, to give you advice and ideas on how to do prepare your ESEF report in the best way.
Recording from Live ESEF Q&A (Jan 29 2021)
We want to thank all of you who attended our second Live ESEF Q&A. If you didn’t have time to attend or want to rewatch it, we’ve attached the recording to this post.
ESEF Q&A January 15 postponed
This weeks ESEF Q&A (January 15, 10 am – 12pm) is postponed until January 29.
Recording from Live ESEF Q&A (Dec 18 2020)
Rewatch Live ESEF Q&A with CtrlPrint (Dec 18, 2020) and download presentation.
Recording from Live ESEF Q&A (Dec 4, 2020)
Recording from Live ESEF Q&A (Dec 4, 2020) with presentation to download
Recording from XBRL Europe digital week on ESEF, Dec 4, 2020
On 4 December (2020), we held a short presentation of our ESEF solution during the 26th XBRL Europe and national jurisdictions digital week on ESEF.
26th XBRL Europe and national jurisdictions digital week on ESEF
XBRL Europe and some XBRL European jurisdictions presents the “26th XBRL Europe and national jurisdictions digital week on ESEF”, including a short demo of our ESEF solution.
Recording from Live ESEF Q&A (Nov 6, 2020)
Rewatch Live ESEF Q&A with CtrlPrint (Nov 6, 2020), including download presentation.
New ESEF tutorials available
We have now uploaded more tutorials regarding ESEF reporting. Click on the video you are interested in and you will be redirected to the tutorials.
Recording from our Live ESEF Q&A (Oct 23 2020)
Rewatch Live ESEF Q&A with CtrlPrint (Oct 23, 2020), including presentation
Q&A from Live tagging with Gränges
On September 30th we hosted a live tagging webinar together with Gränges AB. During this webinar we received many good questions regarding ESEF.
Recording and presentation from the webinar ‘Live tagging with Gränges’
During the webinar we and Gränges AB, with help and guidance from PwC Sweden, discussed examples for preparing Gränges Annual Financial Statements according to ESEF.
ESEF and XBRL Tagger – Watch the Ireland Webinar
We were delighted to welcome PwC and XBRL Europe as independent experts for The Journey to ESEF and iXBRL Tagging (Ireland) – the last mile.
ESEF – Start Tagging Now
In our December ESEF event, with more than 30 organisations participating, we concluded that auto-tagging previous year’s accounts is a good start for your ESEF report.
ESEF and XBRL Tagger – Watch the UK Webinar
As the London, UK, lockdown started, 250 people joined our ESEF/XBRL experts for our webinar: The Road to ESEF – The Last Mile.
Considerations for budgeting and planning for your first ESEF-compliant annual report
Here you can find some tips about what to consider in terms of budgeting and planning your first ESEF compliant annual report.
CtrlPrint/PwC XBRL Knowledge Share UK
On Thursday 21 November 2019, the UK Sales team hosted an XBRL knowledge sharing event together with Amana and PwC sharing information and knowledge.
CtrlPrint Tagger – Video instructions
ESEF is an electronic annual report format requirement – a digital version of the annual report with ‘tagged’ content which is machine readable. The new format will enable some specialist audiences to automatically read data from your report, while also allowing...
ESEF Dry Run with CtrlPrint
We invited our Swedish clients to attend a so called ‘dry run’ for our ESEF solution (producing Annual Financial Reports in XHTML with XBRL tags)
PwC seminar and linking Excel
We attended the final seminar of PwC’s series about ESEF (in Stockholm). They invited us to demonstrate our solution for creating ESEF-documents
About ESEF and CtrlPrint’s solution
CtrlPrint’s ESEF solution uses an InDesign document as data source. The tags are applied directly in to an XHTML version using a XBRL tagging tool.