Derivative Financial Instruments - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Unrealized gain (losses) net of income tax	$ 0	$ 0
Forward currency exchange contracts
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount	$ 24,400,000	32,600,000
Derivative remaining maturity period	1 year
Derivative net current liability	$ 100,000	$ 0

Derivative assets (liabilities) current at fair value net.

No definition available.

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- Definition

Amount, after tax, of accumulated gain (loss) from increase (decrease) in value of excluded component of derivative hedge.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=112277219&loc=d3e80784-113994

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- Definition

Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109980867&loc=SL5580258-113959

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109980867&loc=SL5579245-113959

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- Definition

Period remaining until the derivative contract matures, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

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