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Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Weighted average customer life | 5 years
Remaining performance obligations | $ 2.8
Revenue remaining performance obligation, per year | $ 0.8

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- Definition Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121604090&loc=SL49130556-203045 + Details
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