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Nature Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Nature Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Allowance for Sales Credit Memos) (Details) (Allowance for Sales Credit Memos [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |
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Nov. 30, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2012 | Nov. 30, 2010
Allowance for Sales Credit Memos [Member] |  |  |  |
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Beginning balance | $ 903 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | $ 746 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember |  | $ 1,188 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember
Charge to revenue | 51 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesChargedToCostAndExpense / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | 225 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesChargedToCostAndExpense / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | 109 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesChargedToCostAndExpense / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember |
Write-offs and other | (6)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | (71)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | (551)us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesDeductions / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember |
Translation adjustments | (2)prgs_ValuationAllowancesandReservesTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | 3 prgs_ValuationAllowancesandReservesTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | 0 prgs_ValuationAllowancesandReservesTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember |
Ending balance | $ 946 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | $ 903 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | $ 746 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember | $ 1,188 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_AllowanceForSalesReturnsMember

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