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Total Revenues Gross Profit and Long Lived Assets Excluding Long Term Deferred Tax Assets (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total revenues	$ 143,230	$ 141,704	$ 430,153	$ 401,884
Gross profit	105,745	105,040	317,043	297,516
Long-lived assets	118,195	102,492	118,195	102,492
Other Domestic
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total revenues	7,150	5,881	20,415	18,685
Gross profit	4,512	2,979	11,942	10,216
Long-lived assets	3,956	3,431	3,956	3,431
Core Business Intelligence Software And Services | Domestic
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total revenues	77,321	78,469	237,428	215,777
Gross profit	55,619	58,070	173,845	158,170
Long-lived assets	97,778	86,274	97,778	86,274
Core Business Intelligence Software And Services | EMEA
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total revenues	43,728	43,401	127,624	126,582
Gross profit	33,693	33,208	96,085	97,034
Long-lived assets	9,603	8,152	9,603	8,152
Core Business Intelligence Software And Services | Other Regions
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total revenues	15,031	13,953	44,686	40,840
Gross profit	11,921	10,783	35,171	32,096
Long-lived assets	$ 6,858	$ 4,635	$ 6,858	$ 4,635

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