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Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2022
Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life (Year) | 3 years
Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life (Year) | 7 years
Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life (Year) | 5 years
Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life (Year) | 7 years
Computer Equipment & Software [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life (Year) | 3 years
Office Furniture & Fixtures [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life (Year) | 3 years
Office Furniture & Fixtures [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life (Year) | 7 years
Equipment Under Capitalized Lease [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life | Over the life of the lease
Leasehold Improvements [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Property and equipment, useful life | Shorter of the estimated useful life or lease term

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- Definition Describes the periods of time over which an entity anticipates to receive utility from its property, plant and equipment (that is, the periods of time over which an entity allocates the initial cost of its property, plant and equipment). + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 4 -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126905813&loc=d3e1205-110223 + Details
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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment. + References No definition available. + Details
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