Income Taxes - Summary of Activity Related to Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Apr. 03, 2015	Apr. 04, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Balance, beginning of fiscal year	$ 41,769	$ 37,395	$ 34,491
(Decrease) increase related to prior year tax positions	(586)	524	(249)
Increases related to current year tax positions	3,897	3,897	4,459
Statute expirations		(47)	(1,306)
Balance, end of fiscal year	$ 45,080	$ 41,769	$ 37,395

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Amount of unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions taken in tax returns.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15A
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=SL6600010-109319

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Unrecognized Tax Benefit
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6527854

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Amount of increase (decrease) in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from tax positions taken in prior period tax returns.

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