The amount of contingent consideration transferred.

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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 liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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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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Fair Value Measurements - ISG (Details)		12 Months Ended
Fair Value Measurements - ISG (Details)	Feb. 23, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2022 EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2022 EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Intelligent Systems Group
Fair Value Measurement
Fair value of the contingently returnable consideration					$ 479,000
Total	$ 29,700,000
Contingent consideration paid	6,000,000	$ 6,000,000
Fair value of contingent consideration		$ 5,857,000
Additional cash consideration	$ 35,371,000
Period to obtain target		3 years	3 years
Intelligent Systems Group \| Maximum
Fair Value Measurement
Total		$ 6,000,000
Intelligent Systems Group \| Business Combination, Specific Revenue Targets Achieved In First Earnout Year
Fair Value Measurement
Released from escrow		2,000,000
Intelligent Systems Group \| Business Combination, Specific Revenue Targets Achieved In Second Earnout Year
Fair Value Measurement
Released from escrow		2,000,000
Telerob
Fair Value Measurement
Additional cash consideration		$ 7,272,000	€ 6,000,000
Period to obtain target		36 months	36 months
Amount of earnout amount not achieved \| €				€ 2,000,000