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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Additional Shares to be Authorized

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Percentage of Payroll Deductions for Share Purchases

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Offering Period

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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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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Number of additional shares authorized for issuance under an established share-based compensation plan.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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

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Fair value of options vested. Excludes equity instruments other than options, for example, but not limited to, share units, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock.

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Equity Award Plan Activities - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 04, 2019	Jan. 01, 2018	Apr. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of additional shares authorized for issuance (in shares)				2,211,000
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)				15,386,000	13,512,000
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted (in dollars per share)				$ 121.18	$ 40.17	$ 23.66
Aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised				$ 283.8	$ 307.7	$ 147.6
Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of options vested				31.9	30.7	28.6
RSU
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of RSUs vested				$ 52.5	$ 35.4	$ 16.9
ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance (in shares)				190,659
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted (in dollars per share)				$ 80.35
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued during period (in shares)				21,749
Shares issued during period, vesting period				4 years
2014 Equity Incentive Plan \| Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of shares outstanding to increase number of shares available for grant and issuance				3.00%
Maximum increase of number of shares available for grant				12,500,000
Number of additional shares authorized for issuance (in shares)		2,211,176
Common stock reserved for issuance (in shares)				22,600,000
2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of shares outstanding to increase number of shares available for grant and issuance				1.00%
Number of additional shares authorized for issuance (in shares)		737,058
Common stock reserved for issuance (in shares)				2,533,438
Percentage of share cost offered to eligible employees for share purchases			85.00%
Offering period			2 years
Maximum percentage of payroll deductions per employee			10.00%
2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)				2,500,000
Subsequent Event \| 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of additional shares authorized for issuance (in shares)	756,679