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Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Revenue by Geographical Region (Detail) - Geographic concentration risk - Sales	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Americas
Nature Of Operations And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentages of revenue by geographic regions	45.00%	47.00%	49.00%
EMEA
Nature Of Operations And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentages of revenue by geographic regions	33.00%	32.00%	31.00%
Asia-Pacific
Nature Of Operations And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentages of revenue by geographic regions	22.00%	21.00%	20.00%

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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