Collaborative Arrangement, Cash Value Of Shares Agreed To Be Donated

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Number of Board Seats In Foundation

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Number Of Company's Board Members That Hold Board Seats In Foundation

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.29)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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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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Related-Party Transactions (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	Jan. 31, 2022 board_seat shares	Jul. 21, 2021 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reserved shares of common stock for future sale (in share) \| shares	119.0
Slack
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reserved shares of common stock for future sale (in share) \| shares	1.2
Slack \| Collaborative Arrangement, Transaction with Party to Collaborative Arrangement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Collaborative arrangement, cash value of shares agreed to be donated \| $		$ 54
Foundation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of Company's board members that hold board seats in Foundation \| board_seat	1
Number of board seats in Foundation \| board_seat	3