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Revenue Recognition (SaaS Subscriptions) (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018
Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
SaaS Subscription, term of contract	2 years

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SaaS Subscription, Term of Contract

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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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