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Long-Term Debt Deferred Financing Costs (Details) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | |
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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| Deferred Financing Costs [Roll Forward] | ||
| Deferred financing costs, net | $ 30.1us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet | $ 53.2us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet |
| Increase in Deferred Finance Costs | 21.9cdw_IncreaseInDeferredFinanceCosts | 6.1cdw_IncreaseInDeferredFinanceCosts |
| Amortization of Financing Costs | 6.4us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts | 9.1us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts |
| Write off of Deferred Debt Issuance Cost | (12.6)us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost | (20.1)us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost |
| Deferred financing costs, net | $ 33.0us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet | $ 30.1us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet |
| Weighted Average Remaining Life, Deferred Finance Costs | 6 years 7 months 9 days | 4 years 11 months 7 days |
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Increase in Deferred Finance Costs No definition available.
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Weighted Average Remaining Life, Deferred Finance Costs No definition available.
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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to issue debt and obtain financing associated with the related debt instruments. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Net amount of long-term deferred finance costs capitalized at the end of the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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