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Account Receivable, Contract Assets, and Contract Liabilities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2021
Account Receivable Contract Assets And Contract Liabilities |
Schedule of Accounts Receivable, Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities | The following provides further details on the balance sheet accounts of accounts receivable, contract assets, and contract liabilities from contracts with customers:
|  | January 31, 2021 |  |  | April 30, 2020 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Accounts receivable |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 105 |
Contract assets |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | 251 |
Contract liabilities |  |  | 75 |  |  |  | 165 |
Schedule of Significant Changes in Contract assets and Contract Liabilities | Significant changes in the contract assets balances during the period are as follows:
|  | Nine months ended |
|  | January 31, 2021 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Transferred to receivables from contract assets recognized at the beginning of the period |  | $ | (251 | )
Revenue recognized and not billed as of the end of the period |  |  | 63 |
Net change in contract assets |  | $ | (188 | )
Significant changes in the contract liabilities balances during the period are as follows:
|  | Nine months ended |
|  | January 31, 2021 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Revenue recognized that was included in the contract liabilities balance as of the beginning of the period |  | $ | (84 | )
Transferred to contract assets from contract liabilities recognized at the beginning of the period |  |  | (6 | )
Net change in contract liabilities |  | $ | (90 | )

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