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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Hosted Software Solutions
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Long-term purchase commitment, amount	$ 90,650

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- Definition

The minimum amount the entity agreed to spend under the long-term purchase commitment.

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- Definition

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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