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Business Combinations - Intangible Assets Acquired (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 03, 2021	Nov. 23, 2020	Oct. 26, 2020	Oct. 01, 2020	Feb. 28, 2020
Decision Resources Group
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets					$ 487,400
Cash acquired					20,777
Decision Resources Group | Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets					$ 381,000
Decision Resources Group | Customer relationships | Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years					10 years
Decision Resources Group | Customer relationships | Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years					21 years
Decision Resources Group | Database and content
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets					$ 50,200
Decision Resources Group | Database and content | Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years					2 years
Decision Resources Group | Database and content | Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years					7 years
Decision Resources Group | Trade names
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets					$ 5,200
Decision Resources Group | Trade names | Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years					4 years
Decision Resources Group | Trade names | Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years					7 years
Decision Resources Group | Purchased software
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets					$ 23,000
Decision Resources Group | Purchased software | Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years					3 years
Decision Resources Group | Purchased software | Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years					8 years
Decision Resources Group | Backlog
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets					$ 28,000
Remaining Range of Years					4 years
CPA Global
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets				$ 4,920,317
Cash acquired				99,275
CPA Global | Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets				$ 4,643,306
CPA Global | Customer relationships | Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years				17 years
CPA Global | Customer relationships | Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years				23 years
CPA Global | Technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets				$ 266,224
CPA Global | Technology | Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years				6 years
CPA Global | Technology | Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years				14 years
CPA Global | Trademarks
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets				$ 10,787
CPA Global | Trademarks | Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years				2 years
CPA Global | Trademarks | Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years				17 years
IncoPat
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets			$ 21,957
Cash acquired			844
IncoPat | Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets			$ 19,989
Remaining Range of Years			11 years
IncoPat | Trade names
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets			$ 76
Remaining Range of Years			2 years
IncoPat | Technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets			$ 1,892
Remaining Range of Years			6 years
Hanlim IPS
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets		$ 8,805
Cash acquired		2,191
Hanlim IPS | Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets		$ 7,832
Hanlim IPS | Customer relationships | Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years		11 years
Hanlim IPS | Customer relationships | Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Remaining Range of Years		13 years
Hanlim IPS | Trade names
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets		$ 15
Remaining Range of Years		2 years
Hanlim IPS | Non-compete agreements
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets		$ 958
Remaining Range of Years		5 years
BioInfogate
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets	$ 6,280
Cash acquired	2,069
BioInfogate | Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets	$ 5,224
Remaining Range of Years	10 years
BioInfogate | Trade names
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets	$ 36
Remaining Range of Years	2 years
BioInfogate | Technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total identifiable intangible assets	$ 1,020
Remaining Range of Years	6 years

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