Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of change in fair value of the contingent consideration liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended
Feb. 02, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Change in fair value		$ 249
Balance	$ 10,541	$ 10,790
Discount rate	7.00%	11.00%
Probability of achievement	50.00%	50.00%
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Projected year of achievement	2024	2024
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Projected year of achievement	2023	2023

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Fair value of contingent consideration in a business combination that is classified in shareholders' equity.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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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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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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