Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized, Amount

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Purchase Period

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Amount of cost to be recognized for option under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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

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Equity Incentive Plans - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2022	Apr. 30, 2023	Apr. 30, 2022
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options		$ 28.1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options		$ 28.1
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted (in dollar per share)		$ 48.56	$ 52.43
Equity Settled RSUs
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options		$ 514.9
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options		$ 514.9
Employee Stock Purchase Plan 2022 \| ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Value of shares reserved	$ 6.0
Purchase price of common stock, percent of market price	85.00%
Purchase period (in months)	6 months
2012 Plan
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsAssumedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue			122.13
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsAssumedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue			$ 122.13
New Employee \| 2012 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting term (in years)		4 years