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Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Disaggregated Revenue (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) customer	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) customer	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) customer
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 1,513,557	$ 1,377,270	$ 1,316,536
Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Geographic Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of customers | customer	3	2	2
Accounts Receivable | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of customers | customer	1	0
Scores
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 773,828	$ 706,643	$ 654,147
Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 739,729	$ 670,627	$ 662,389
TransUnion Equifax and Experian customers | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	41.00%	39.00%	38.00%
On-Premises Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 292,763	$ 280,649	$ 266,452
On-Premises Software | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	46.00%	50.00%	51.00%
SaaS Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 347,419	$ 284,102	$ 251,436
SaaS Software | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	54.00%	50.00%	49.00%
On-premises and SaaS software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 640,182	$ 564,751	$ 517,888
On-premises and SaaS software | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
On-premises and SaaS software | Transferred at Point in Time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 72,843	$ 75,647	$ 59,024
On-premises and SaaS software | Transferred at Point in Time | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	11.00%	13.00%	11.00%
On-premises and SaaS software | Transferred over Time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 567,339	$ 489,104	$ 458,864
On-premises and SaaS software | Transferred over Time | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	89.00%	87.00%	89.00%
Platform Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 154,750	$ 116,252	$ 66,884
Platform Software | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	24.00%	21.00%	13.00%
Non-Platform Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 485,432	$ 448,499	$ 451,004
Non-Platform Software | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	76.00%	79.00%	87.00%
Business-to-business Scores
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 560,995	$ 475,442	$ 446,538
Business-to-business Scores | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	72.00%	67.00%	68.00%
Business-to-consumer Scores
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 212,833	$ 231,201	$ 207,609
Business-to-consumer Scores | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	28.00%	33.00%	32.00%
Scores Products
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 773,828	$ 706,643	$ 654,147
Scores Products | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Americas
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 1,286,950	$ 1,130,711	$ 1,049,933
Americas | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Geographic Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	85.00%	82.00%	80.00%
Americas | Scores
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 763,874	$ 691,006	$ 633,497
Americas | Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	523,076	439,705	416,436
EMEA
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 141,364	$ 147,299	$ 190,396
EMEA | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Geographic Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	9.00%	11.00%	14.00%
EMEA | Scores
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 5,802	$ 4,475	$ 11,881
EMEA | Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	135,562	142,824	178,515
Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 85,243	$ 99,260	$ 76,207
Asia Pacific | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Geographic Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	6.00%	7.00%	6.00%
Asia Pacific | Scores
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,152	$ 11,162	$ 8,769
Asia Pacific | Software
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 81,091	$ 88,098	$ 67,438

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