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Business Combinations - Intangible Assets Acquired (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Nov. 23, 2020 | Oct. 26, 2020 | Oct. 01, 2020 | Feb. 28, 2020
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Decision Resources Group |  |  |  |
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total identifiable intangible assets |  |  |  | $ 487,400
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 |
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 |  |
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 |  |  |
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 |  |  |

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