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Income Taxes - Valuation Allowance (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Summary of valuation allowance by jurisdiction
Valuation Allowance, beginning of period	$ 4,322
Change	(697)
Valuation Allowance, end of period	3,625
U.S. state
Summary of valuation allowance by jurisdiction
Valuation Allowance, beginning of period	4,303
Change	(697)
Valuation Allowance, end of period	3,606
Foreign
Summary of valuation allowance by jurisdiction
Valuation Allowance, beginning of period	19
Valuation Allowance, end of period	$ 19

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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Amount of increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 20
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=37586315&loc=d3e32123-109318

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