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Long-Term Debt Senior Notes due 2015 (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Dec. 01, 2014
Aug. 05, 2014
Mar. 20, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt, long-term and short-term $ 3,192.4us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount     $ 3,192.4us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount          
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 1,175.0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 1,535.2us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 135.7us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt            
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt 90.7us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 64.0us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 17.2us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt            
Write off of Deferred Debt Issuance Cost 12.6us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost 20.1us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost              
Deferred financing costs, net 33.0us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet 30.1us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet 53.2us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet 33.0us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNoncurrentNet          
Senior notes due 2019 [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Long-term debt, stated interest rate 8.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
    8.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
         
Debt, long-term and short-term 503.9us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
1,305.0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
  503.9us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
         
Senior Notes, Amount Repurchased             541.4us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRepurchasedFaceAmount
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= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
234.7us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRepurchasedFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
25.0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRepurchasedFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
Extinguishment of Debt, Fees Paid to Lenders 23.0cdw_ExtinguishmentOfDebtFeesPaidToLenders
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
    10.0cdw_ExtinguishmentOfDebtFeesPaidToLenders
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
2.4cdw_ExtinguishmentOfDebtFeesPaidToLenders
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
       
Extinguishment of Debt, Accrued Interest Paid to Lenders                 1.0cdw_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAccruedInterestPaidToLenders
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt (36.9)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
    (22.1)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
  (2.7)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
     
Write off of Deferred Debt Issuance Cost $ 4.7us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
    $ 2.2us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
$ 0.3us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= cdw_SeniorNotesDue2019Member