Debt Instrument, Increase (Decrease) in Basis Spread on Variable Rate

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Debt Instrument, Prepayment Premium

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Line Of Credit Facility, Increase In Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Net leverage ratio of available amount.

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Percentage of aggregate annual amount to be paid every quarter.

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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to amortize debt discount and premium associated with the related debt instruments. Excludes amortization of financing costs. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt - Term Loan Facility (Details)			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Debt - Term Loan Facility (Details)	Dec. 19, 2017	Dec. 18, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			$ 47,000,000		$ 47,000,000		$ 46,800,000
Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			655,000,000		655,000,000
Line of credit facility, increase in maximum borrowing capacity			$ 175,000,000.0		$ 175,000,000.0
Secured net leverage ratio of available amount			4.1		4.1
Percentage of aggregate annual amount to be paid every quarter					1.00%
Weighted average interest rate for term loan facility			5.44%		5.44%
Amortization of debt discount			$ 100,000	$ 100,000	$ 300,000	$ 400,000
Secured debt \| Term Loan Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread		3.75%
Secured debt \| Term Loan Facility \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread		2.75%
TLB Amendment No. 2 \| Secured debt \| Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Decrease in basis spread	0.50%
TLB Amendment No. 2 \| Secured debt \| Term Loan Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread	3.25%
Prepayment premium	1.00%
TLB Amendment No. 2 \| Secured debt \| Term Loan Facility \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread	2.25%