Understanding style sheets

A style sheet defines the visual presentation and layout of a financial report in IBM Controller Disclosure Management.

Style sheets are implemented using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and control the following aspects of the report output:

• Page layout and margins
• Typography — fonts, sizes, and weights
• Table formatting — headers, borders, and cell display
• Text alignment and spacing
• Section and heading formatting

While project configuration determines what financial data and content is included in a report, the style sheet determines how that content appears in the final output.

Style sheets serve the following purposes in the reporting workflow:

Consistency

Ensures uniform formatting across all sections of a report and across multiple reports within an organization.

Branding compliance

Allows organizations to apply corporate branding guidelines — including fonts, colors, and layouts — to their financial reports.

Separation of content and format

Allows report authors to focus on content, while formatting is managed independently through style sheets.