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Share-based Goods and Nonemployee Services Transaction, Shares Issuable Per Restricted Stock Unit Granted

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Total of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for obligations related to services received from employees, such as accrued salaries and bonuses, payroll taxes and fringe benefits. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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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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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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Weighted average remaining contractual term for equity-based awards excluding options, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2019	Apr. 30, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 961	$ 897
Liability for payment of the RSTUs	$ 48,693		$ 49,064
Employee Service-Based RSUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awarded in period (shares)	67,006
Vesting period	2 years
Employee Performance-Based RSUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awarded in period (shares)	124,374
Common stock issuable per RSU granted (shares)	1
Employee Performance-Based RSTUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units non vested grants (shares)	11,456
Employee Service-Based RSTUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock units non vested grants (shares)	6,229
RSTUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period, years	3 years
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 300	$ 0
Liability for payment of the RSTUs	$ 400		$ 400
Cliff Vest [Member] \| RSUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period, years	3 years