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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill							$ 1,788,283
Accumulated impairment losses							(7,525)
Goodwill		$ 1,881,547			$ 2,107,255	$ 1,881,547	1,780,758
Acquisitions					226,907	119,589
Translation adjustments					(1,199)	(18,800)
Other						0
Multifamily [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers						0
Solution Express [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers						0
Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill							957,929
Accumulated impairment losses							(600)
Goodwill		963,080			1,188,788	963,080	957,329
Acquisitions					226,907	119,589
Translation adjustments					$ (1,199)	(18,800)
Other						162
Discount rate used in weighted average cost of capital calculation					8.50%
Property Intelligence [Member] \| Multifamily [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers						(101,786)
Property Intelligence [Member] \| Solution Express [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers						6,586
Risk Management and Work Flow [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill							830,354
Accumulated impairment losses							(6,925)
Goodwill		918,467			$ 918,467	918,467	$ 823,429
Acquisitions					0	0
Translation adjustments					$ 0	0
Other						(162)
Discount rate used in weighted average cost of capital calculation					9.00%
Risk Management and Work Flow [Member] \| Multifamily [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers						101,786
Risk Management and Work Flow [Member] \| Solution Express [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers						$ (6,586)
FNC, Inc. [Member] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions	$ 225,700				$ 225,700
Insignificant Acquisition [Member] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions					$ 1,200
RELS LLC [Member] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions		$ 23,100
Cordell Information Pty Ltd [Member] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions			$ 31,900
Landsafe [Member] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions				$ 64,600