Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance, Annual Increase, Percentage of Outstanding Common Stock

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Common Stock, Increase in Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.29)
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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested 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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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 from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Stock-based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
	Jul. 27, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018	Feb. 22, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jul. 26, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation, options		$ 15,256
2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved (in shares)		2,414,688		1,600,000
2017 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved (in shares)		19,985,249		21,188,297	7,895,659
Percentage of common stock, outstanding		5.00%
Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense, period for recognition		3 years 6 months 26 days
Unrecognized stock-based compensation		$ 23,995
Restricted stock units \| 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected life		10 years
Award vesting period		4 years
Employee stock purchase plan shares \| 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved (in shares)	1,600,000
Percentage of common stock, outstanding	1.00%
Increase in common stock reserved (in shares)			814,688
Purchase price of common stock, percentage of market price of common stock		85.00%
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense, period for recognition		2 years 1 month 13 days
Employee Stock Option \| 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected life		10 years
Award vesting period		4 years