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Account Receivable and Contract Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2021
Account Receivable And Contract Assets |
Schedule of Accounts Receivable, Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities | The following provides further details on the balance sheet accounts of accounts receivable and contract assets from contracts with customers: Schedule of Accounts Receivable, Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
|  | October 31, 2021 |  |  | April 30, 2021 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Accounts receivable |  | $ | 180 |  |  | $ | 350 |
Contract assets |  |  | 325 |  |  |  | 190 |
Contract liabilities |  | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | — |
Schedule of Significant Changes in Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities | Significant changes in the contract assets balances during the period were as follows: Schedule of Significant Changes in Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
|  | Six months ended October 31, 2021 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Transferred to receivables from contract assets recognized at the beginning of the period |  | $ | (190 | )
Revenue recognized and not billed as of the end of the period |  |  | 325 |
Net change in contract assets |  | $ | 135 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of receivable, contract asset, and contract liability from contract with customer. Includes, but is not limited to, change in contract asset and contract liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123351226&loc=SL49130551-203045 + Details
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