Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Interest, Percentage

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Payments For Purchase Obligation

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121557415&loc=d3e14557-108349

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Paragraph 1
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121557415&loc=d3e14326-108349

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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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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of purchase arrangement to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Includes, but is not limited to, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, long-term purchase commitment, and short-term purchase commitment. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($)				12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2022	Sep. 15, 2022	May 10, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Jul. 31, 2021
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Purchase obligation						$ 131,000,000
Purchase obligation, to be paid, year one						22,000,000
Purchase obligation, to be paid, year two						25,000,000
Purchase obligation, to be paid, year three						28,000,000
Purchase obligation, to be paid, year four						28,000,000
Purchase obligation, to be paid, year five						$ 28,000,000
Payments for purchase obligation				$ 33,100,000
Outstanding letters of credit				$ 12,000,000	$ 11,200,000
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