Business acquisition post acquisition revenue.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from adjustments after acquisition date under purchase accounting of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized with no adjustment to prior year.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Value of input used to measure contingent consideration liability from business combination.

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Business Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Post-acquisition revenue		$ 27.1
Adjusted initial preliminary purchase price allocations		0.7	$ 0.8
Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	1 year
Input rate	0.14
Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives	16 years
Input rate	0.30
Reggiani
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Post-acquisition revenue			19.8
Business acquisition related costs	$ 1.2	$ 2.1	$ 2.2
Productivity Software \| Customer relationships \| Optitex \| Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives			3 years
Productivity Software \| Customer relationships \| Optitex \| Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives			4 years
Productivity Software \| Customer relationships \| CRC and Escada \| Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives		7 years
Productivity Software \| Customer relationships \| CRC and Escada \| Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives		9 years
Productivity Software \| Existing technology \| Optitex
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives			5 years
Productivity Software \| Existing technology \| CRC and Escada \| Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives		4 years
Productivity Software \| Existing technology \| CRC and Escada \| Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives		6 years
Productivity Software \| Trade names \| Optitex
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives			4 years
Productivity Software \| Trade names \| CRC and Escada \| Minimum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives		4 years
Productivity Software \| Trade names \| CRC and Escada \| Maximum
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives		5 years