Business Acquisition, Share-based Compensation Assumed, Fair Value

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Business Combination, Acquiree's Debt Held by Acquiror Settled Upon Acquisition

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Share-based awards assumed, fair value

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2019	Dec. 07, 2018	Sep. 18, 2017	Apr. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition related costs					$ 16,600,000	$ 4,400,000	$ 2,100,000
Mist Systems, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Voting interest acquired	100.00%
Consideration transferred	$ 359,200,000
Payments to acquire business	354,500,000
Consideration transferred, share based payments	$ 4,600,000
Share-based compensation assumed, fair value				$ 38,500,000
Fair value of pre-existing debt		$ 1,600,000
HTBase
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Voting interest acquired		100.00%
Payments to acquire business		$ 19,600,000
Share-based awards assumed, fair value		$ 3,800,000
Cyphort
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Voting interest acquired			100.00%
Payments to acquire business			$ 33,500,000
Share-based awards assumed, fair value			$ 3,800,000