2.4.0.81010 - Disclosure - Organization and Nature of Businesstruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000006292duration2012-12-30T00:00:002013-06-29T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Organization and Nature of Business2false 2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> 1.              Organization and Nature of Business   Analysts International Corporation (“AIC,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is an information technology (“IT”) services company. We employ approximately 850 IT professionals, management and administrative staff and are focused on serving the IT needs of mid-market to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies across North America. AIC was incorporated in Minnesota in 1966 and our corporate headquarters is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For a more complete description of our Company, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012.   We operate on a fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to December 31. Accordingly, fiscal 2013 will end on Saturday, December 28, 2013. The second quarter of fiscal 2013 ended on June 29, 2013 and the second quarter of fiscal 2012 ended on June 30, 2012.   </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 94-6 -Paragraph 10 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. false0Organization and Nature of BusinessfalseOrganization and Nature of BusinessUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.analysts.com/role/DisclosureOrganizationAndNatureOfBusiness12