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Divestitures (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2012 | Jul. 31, 2013 | Feb. 28, 2013 | Nov. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment loss | $ 0 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf | $ 0 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf | $ 8,601,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf |  |  |  |  |  |
Apama [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  | 44,268,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationPurchasePrice / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ApamaMember |  |  |  |  |
Consideration held in escrow |  |  |  | 4,500,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsConsiderationHeldInEscrow / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ApamaMember |  |  |  |  |
Period to be held in Escrow |  |  |  | 18 months |  |  |  |  |
Distributor license agreement term | 3 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reduction of total sales price |  |  |  | 700,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationReductionofPurchasePrice / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ApamaMember |  |  |  |  |
Artix, Orbacus and Orbix [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  |  | 15,000,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationPurchasePrice / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ArtixOrbacusAndOrbixMember |  |  |  |
Impairment loss |  |  |  |  |  | 8,600,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ArtixOrbacusAndOrbixMember |  |  |
Indemnification obligation, maximum potential exposure |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000 us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ArtixOrbacusAndOrbixMember |  |  |  |
Indemnification obligation, maximum potential exposure |  | 30,000 us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ArtixOrbacusAndOrbixMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Actional, DataXtend, ObjectStore, Savvion, and Sonic [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60,500,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationPurchasePrice / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ActionalDataxtendObjectstoreSavvionAndSonicMember |  |
Shadow [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 31,903,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationPurchasePrice / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ShadowMember |
Consideration held in escrow |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,300,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsConsiderationHeldInEscrow / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ShadowMember |
Total consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33,000,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationTotalConsiderationReceivedGross / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ShadowMember |
Months held In escrow |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 months |
Reduction of total sales price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,100,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationReductionOfTotalPurchasePrice / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_ShadowMember |
Distributor license agreement term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |
FuseSource [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21,300,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationPurchasePrice / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_FusesourceMember
Consideration held in escrow |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,100,000 prgs_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsConsiderationHeldInEscrow / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = prgs_FusesourceMember
Months held In escrow |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 months

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