Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Transaction Costs

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Valuation Allowance

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482740/230-10-45-12

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Net Assets Held for Sale and Divested - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| ValueFirst Business \| Subsequent Events
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash consideration	$ 45,500
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Internet Of Things
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration amount		$ 15,800	$ 15,800
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| ValueFirst Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Valuation allowance		28,777	28,777
Divestiture transaction costs		$ 3,100	$ 3,100