Operating Leases, Income Statement, Expected Annual Sublease Revenue

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- Definition

Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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- Definition

Term of the lessor's leasing arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

The amount of revenue recognized for the period under subleasing arrangements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 55
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77891322&loc=d3e41620-112719

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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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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2016	May 01, 2015	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Operating leases, contract term	4 years	5 years
Expected annual sublease income	$ 0.4
Sublease income			$ 0.1	$ 0.1
General and Administrative Expense
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Lease expenses			$ 0.5	$ 0.5