# {py:mod}`arelle.CompareInstance`

```{py:module} arelle.CompareInstance
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.CompareInstance
:allowtitles:
```

## Module Contents

### Functions

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* - {py:obj}`compareInstance <arelle.CompareInstance.compareInstance>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.CompareInstance.compareInstance
    :summary:
    ```
````

### API

````{py:function} compareInstance(modelManager: arelle.ModelManager.ModelManager, originalInstance: arelle.ModelXbrl.ModelXbrl, targetInstance: arelle.ModelXbrl.ModelXbrl, expectedInstanceUri: str, errorCaptureLevel: int, matchById: bool) -> arelle.ErrorManager.ErrorsType
:canonical: arelle.CompareInstance.compareInstance

```{autodoc2-docstring} arelle.CompareInstance.compareInstance
```
````