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Goodwill (Summary Of Changes In Carrying Amount Of Goodwill) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 6 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Jan. 16, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |
Beginning balance | $ 1,963,557 us-gaap_Goodwill |
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments | (222)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments |
Ending balance | 1,940,304 us-gaap_Goodwill |
GXS Group, Inc. [Member] |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |
Beginning balance |  | 672,765 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = otex_GXSGroupInc.Member
Acquisition of goodwill | (23,475)us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = otex_GXSGroupInc.Member |
Ending balance |  | $ 672,765 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = otex_GXSGroupInc.Member

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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) from adjustments after acquisition date under purchase accounting of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (g) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 10 -Section 25 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34752592&loc=d3e961-128460 + Details
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