Percentage Of Performance Criteria Achieved And Shares Vested

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Percentage Of Target Shares Earned

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (i)
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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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-Paragraph 2
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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 vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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-SubTopic 10
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Stock Based Compensation - Performance Based Stock Awards Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 19, 2015	Feb. 28, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period (in years)	4 years
Revenue Based PRSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target shares an employee can earn (as a percent)			200.00%
Number, granted (in shares)			59,861
Revenue Based PRSUs \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target shares an employee can earn (as a percent)			200.00%
Market Condition Based PRSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number, granted (in shares)			59,859
Performance Based Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost			$ 8,603
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition (in years)			1 year 7 months 2 days
Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number, granted (in shares)			468,370
Amendment And Restatement Of The 2006 Omnibus Award Plan (2015 Plan)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance based percentage (as a percent)			100.00%
Amendment And Restatement Of The 2006 Omnibus Award Plan (2015 Plan) \| Revenue Based PRSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance based percentage (as a percent)			50.00%
Vesting period (in years)			3 years
Amendment And Restatement Of The 2006 Omnibus Award Plan (2015 Plan) \| Revenue Based PRSUs \| Year One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as a percent)					33.33%
Amendment And Restatement Of The 2006 Omnibus Award Plan (2015 Plan) \| Revenue Based PRSUs \| Year Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting rights (as a percent)				33.33%
Amendment And Restatement Of The 2006 Omnibus Award Plan (2015 Plan) \| Market Condition Based PRSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance based percentage (as a percent)			50.00%
Vesting period (in years)			3 years
Amendment And Restatement Of The 2006 Omnibus Award Plan (2015 Plan) \| Market Condition Based PRSUs \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target shares an employee can earn (as a percent)			200.00%
Subsequent Event \| Performance Based Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number, granted (in shares)		495,000