Benefit Plans - General Information (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Equity Incentive Plans
Equity Incentive Plans
Number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance	10,439
Outstanding options or awards	4,763
2008 Plan
Equity Incentive Plans
Awards issued (in shares)	0	0
Awards issuable (in shares)	0	0
2014 Plan
Equity Incentive Plans
Potential additional shares available for grant (as a percent)	4.50%

Number of options and non-vested equity-based payment instruments outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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Represents the potential increase in the number of shares available for grant under the plan as a percentage of common stock issued and outstanding.

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Number of share instruments issuable under a share-based compensation plan.

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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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Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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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
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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