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Revenue recognition - Contract Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2018 | Apr. 30, 2018
Change in Contract with Customer, Liability [Roll Forward] |  |
Beginning balance | $ 570 | $ 1,967
Revenue recognized during the period for uncompleted contracts from the prior period | (422) | (1,810)
New contracts entered into that are uncompleted at the end of the current period | 398 | 413
Ending balance | $ 546 | $ 570

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- Definition Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913815&loc=SL49130532-203044 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913847&loc=SL49130549-203045 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913815&loc=SL49130531-203044 + Details
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