Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting After Initial Cliff

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Performance Period Two

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Target Percentage

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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 number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109197908&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Period which shares may be purchased under a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)			9 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2018	Aug. 07, 2017	Sep. 29, 2018	Nov. 06, 2018
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross (in shares)	637,115
Grants in period (in shares)	295,514
Annual vesting after initial cliff			33.33%
Performance period two			3 years
Target percentage			100.00%
Period in force		2 years
Authorized amount		$ 100,000,000.0
Remaining authorized repurchase amount			$ 100,000,000
Subsequent Event
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Authorized amount				$ 200,000,000.0