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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award, Offering Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Granted in Period, Aggregate Fair Value

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Nonvested Options, Options Subject To Early Exercise, Liability, Current

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Nonvested Options, Options Subject To Early Exercise, Shares

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number Of Equity Incentive Plans

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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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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested options awarded to employees as compensation.

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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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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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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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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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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 options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Employee Incentive Plans - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 17, 2017 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2017 offering_period shares	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) equity_incentive_plan $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equity incentive plans \| equity_incentive_plan					2
Options to purchase common stock outstanding (in shares) \| shares							32,866,862
Weighted average grant date fair value of options granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 12.27	$ 4.19	$ 5.37	$ 3.93
Grant date fair value of vested stock options			$ 5.9	$ 3.9	$ 18.9	$ 9.5
Intrinsic value of options exercised			139.4	$ 2.6	158.7	$ 4.5
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense			$ 60.6		$ 60.6
Number of options, granted (in shares) \| shares					2,661,568
Class B Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares subject to early exercise, liability recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities					$ 1.4		$ 2.2
Number of options subject to early exercise (in shares) \| shares			248,083		248,083		467,180
Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average stock-based compensation recognition period					3 years 7 months 6 days
Granted during period (in shares) \| shares			347,740		2,567,667
Shares issued fair value			$ 10.2		$ 61.8
Unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested restricted stock units			55.1		$ 55.1
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average stock-based compensation recognition period					2 years 9 months 18 days
ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested restricted stock units			6.0		$ 6.0
Shares authorized (in shares) \| shares		3,000,000
ESPP offering period		12 months
Number of offering periods \| offering_period		2
Employee share purchase price percentage					85.00%
Stormpath Inc.
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Pre-combination service consideration	$ 3.7
Stormpath Inc. \| Restricted common stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted during period (in shares) \| shares	800,000
Shares issued fair value	$ 8.6
Stock-based compensation vesting period	2 years
Stormpath Inc. \| Restricted stock awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average stock-based compensation recognition period					1 year
Unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested restricted stock units			4.1		$ 4.1
Stormpath Inc. \| Stormpath Workforce
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued fair value	$ 9.1
Pre-combination service consideration	$ 1.5
Stormpath Inc. \| Stormpath Workforce \| Restricted stock awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average stock-based compensation recognition period					1 year 6 months
Granted during period (in shares) \| shares	598,500
Shares issued fair value	$ 6.6
Unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested restricted stock units	5.5		3.1		$ 3.1
Stormpath Inc. \| Stormpath Workforce \| Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense	2.1		$ 1.8		$ 1.8
Weighted average stock-based compensation recognition period					2 years 4 months 24 days
Shares issued fair value	$ 2.5
Stock-based compensation vesting period	4 years
Number of options, granted (in shares) \| shares	518,900
Minimum \| Stormpath Inc. \| Stormpath Workforce \| Restricted stock awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation vesting period	2 years
Maximum \| Stormpath Inc. \| Stormpath Workforce \| Restricted stock awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation vesting period	3 years
2009 Stock Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options to purchase common stock outstanding (in shares) \| shares			27,117,658		27,117,658
2009 Stock Plan \| Class B Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options to purchase common stock outstanding (in shares) \| shares			27,052,658		27,052,658
2017 Equity Incentive Plan \| Class A Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options to purchase common stock outstanding (in shares) \| shares			65,000		65,000