Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Revenue (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenue:
Subscription and support	$ 10,956egan_SubscriptionAndSupportRevenue	$ 10,246egan_SubscriptionAndSupportRevenue	$ 21,401egan_SubscriptionAndSupportRevenue	$ 19,712egan_SubscriptionAndSupportRevenue
License	3,583us-gaap_LicensesRevenue	3,065us-gaap_LicensesRevenue	10,311us-gaap_LicensesRevenue	6,903us-gaap_LicensesRevenue
Professional services	4,364us-gaap_TechnologyServicesRevenue	4,354us-gaap_TechnologyServicesRevenue	7,895us-gaap_TechnologyServicesRevenue	6,732us-gaap_TechnologyServicesRevenue
Total revenue	$ 18,903us-gaap_Revenues	$ 17,665us-gaap_Revenues	$ 39,607us-gaap_Revenues	$ 33,347us-gaap_Revenues

Subscription and support revenue includes cloud, term license and software maintenance and support revenue.

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Revenue earned during the period relating to consideration received from another party for the right to use, but not own, certain of the entity's intangible assets. Licensing arrangements include, but are not limited to, rights to use a patent, copyright, technology, manufacturing process, software or trademark. Licensing fees are generally, but not always, fixed as to amount and not dependent upon the revenue generated by the licensing party. An entity may receive licensing fees for licenses that also generate royalty payments to the entity.

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- Definition

Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Article 5

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- Definition

Revenue from providing technology services. The services may include training, installation, engineering or consulting. Consulting services often include implementation support, software design or development, or the customization or modification of the licensed software.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(d))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 985

-SubTopic 605

-Section 25

-Paragraph 76

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