Lessee Leasing Arrangement, Operating Leases, Area of Office Space

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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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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments for operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918701-209980

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Commitment and Contingencies - Dublin Lease (Details)	1 Months Ended
Commitment and Contingencies - Dublin Lease (Details)	Sep. 30, 2018 ft²	Jun. 30, 2020 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2018
Lease Description [Line Items]
Operating lease, future minimum payments due \| $			$ 22,090,000
Dublin, Ireland
Lease Description [Line Items]
Operating lease, Dublin, area of office space (in sq ft) \| ft²	133
Operating lease, Dublin, term of contract (in years)		1 year	1 year
Operating lease, Dublin, renewal term				3 months
Operating lease, future minimum payments due		€ 10,000	$ 11,000