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Revenues - Narrative (Details) $ in Billions	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations	$ 8.0
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2020-07-01
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Remaining revenue performance obligation, percentage of revenue expected to be recognized	15.00%
Remaining performance obligations period	6 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2021-01-01
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Remaining revenue performance obligation, percentage of revenue expected to be recognized	25.00%
Remaining performance obligations period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2022-01-01
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Remaining revenue performance obligation, percentage of revenue expected to be recognized	25.00%
Remaining performance obligations period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2023-01-01
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Remaining revenue performance obligation, percentage of revenue expected to be recognized	15.00%
Remaining performance obligations period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2024-01-01
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Remaining revenue performance obligation, percentage of revenue expected to be recognized	10.00%
Remaining performance obligations period	1 year
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2025-01-01
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Remaining revenue performance obligation, percentage of revenue expected to be recognized	10.00%
Remaining performance obligations period	1 year

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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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