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Deferred Revenue and Financing Receivables (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 02, 2016
Deferred Revenue And Financing Receivables [Abstract] |
Credit Risk Assessment for Financing Receivables | Our credit risk assessment for financing receivables was as follows:
| January 2, 2016 |  | September 30, 2015
| (in thousands)
S&P bond rating BBB-1 and above-Tier 1 | $ | 19,258 |  |  | $ | 16,841 |
Internal Credit Assessment-Tier 2 | 7,339 |  |  | 10,593 |
Internal Credit Assessment-Tier 3 | — |  |  | — |
Total financing receivables | $ | 26,597 |  |  | $ | 27,434 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of financing receivables by credit quality indicator. The credit quality indicator is a statistic about the credit quality of financing receivables. Examples include, but not limited to, consumer credit risk scores, credit-rating-agency ratings, an entity's internal credit risk grades, loan-to-value ratios, collateral, collection experience and other internal metrics. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 19 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=32702940&loc=SL6953803-111525 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953659-111524 + Details
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