Revenue Recognition - Remaining Performance Obligation (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Remaining performance obligations
Revenue recognized (as a percent)	10.00%
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-01-01
Remaining performance obligations
Percentage of remaining performance obligation expected to be recognized in period	37.00%
Revenue, Remaining performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction period	12 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-01-01
Remaining performance obligations
Percentage of remaining performance obligation expected to be recognized in period	28.00%
Revenue, Remaining performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction period	12 months
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-01-01
Remaining performance obligations
Percentage of remaining performance obligation expected to be recognized in period	35.00%
Revenue, Remaining performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction period	12 months

This represents the percentage of the beginning balance of contract with customer liability in which revenue was recognized during the period.

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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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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
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- Definition

Percentage of remaining performance obligation to total remaining performance obligation not recognized as revenue.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
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