Subsequent Events (Details) - Subsequent Event - Black Knight, Inc. $ / shares in Units, $ in Billions	May 04, 2022 USD ($) employee $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total purchase price \| $	$ 13.1
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 85
Purchase price percentage in cash	80.00%
Purchase price percentage in stock	20.00%
Number of employees of acquiree \| employee	6,500

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Percent In Cash

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Percent In Stock

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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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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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