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Payments For Purchase Obligation

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Amount awarded from other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of damages awarded to the plaintiff in the legal matter.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($)				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2022	Sep. 15, 2022	May 10, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jul. 31, 2021
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Purchase obligation						$ 131,000,000
Purchase obligation, year one						22,000,000
Purchase obligation, year two						25,000,000
Purchase obligation, year three						28,000,000
Purchase obligation, year four						28,000,000
Purchase obligation, year five						$ 28,000,000
Payments for purchase obligation				$ 9,000,000	$ 24,800,000
Pegasystems Litigation \| Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages awarded			$ 2,036,000,000.000
Pegasystems Litigation \| Violation of Virginia Computer Crimes Act
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages awarded			$ 1
Pegasystems Litigation \| Attorney's Fees Associated
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages awarded	$ 23,600,000
Pegasystems Litigation \| Statutory Post Judgement Interest On Judgmental
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages awarded	$ 122,000,000
Interest on damages awarded (as a percentage)	6.00%
Youyong Zou Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount awarded in settlement		$ 5,000