Line Of Credit Facility, Borrowing Base, Percentage

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Line Of Credit Facility, Covenant, Minimum Cash And Cash Equivalents

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Line Of Credit Facility, Facility Fee Percentage

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Debt (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 17, 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs - non-current			$ 1,099,000	$ 0
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 40,000,000
Commitment fee percentage	0.50%
Facility fee percentage	1.75%
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 40,000,000
Line of credit facility, covenant, minimum cash and cash equivalents	6,000,000
Debt issuance costs - non-current			1,200,000
Borrowings under line of credit			$ 5,000,000
Letter of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 5,000,000
Eligible Commissions Receivables, Preceding Three Months \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrowing base percentage			80.00%
Eligible Commissions Receivables, Succeeding Three Months \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrowing base percentage			80.00%
Eligible Commissions Receivables, Succeeding Six Months \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrowing base percentage			50.00%
Subsequent Event \| Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Repayments of Debt		$ 5,000,000