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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Nature Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended															1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2013 product_lines	Nov. 30, 2013 Segments	Nov. 30, 2012 Segments	Nov. 30, 2011	Nov. 30, 2013 Internal Use Software [Member]	Nov. 30, 2012 Internal Use Software [Member]	Nov. 30, 2011 Internal Use Software [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] Computer equipment and software [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] Buildings And Improvements [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] Furniture and fixtures [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] Stock Options [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member] Computer equipment and software [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member] Buildings And Improvements [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member] Furniture and fixtures [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member] Stock Options [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 Apama [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Apama [Member]	Nov. 30, 2013 Revenue [Member] customer	Nov. 30, 2012 Revenue [Member] customer	Nov. 30, 2011 Revenue [Member] customer	Nov. 30, 2013 Accounts Receivable [Member] customer	Nov. 30, 2012 Accounts Receivable [Member] customer	Nov. 30, 2011 Accounts Receivable [Member] customer
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of product lines divested	10
Number of reportable segments		1	2
Purchase price																	$ 44,268,000	$ 44,268,000
Concentration risk, number of customers																			0	0	0	0	0	0
No single customer represented more than percentage of consolidated accounts receivables or revenue (percentage)		10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Useful lives of major asset					3 years				3 years	5 years	5 years		7 years	39 years	7 years
Capitalized software development costs		800,000	0	0
Amortization		4,090,000	21,660,000	26,246,000	0	0	0
Long-lived assets impairment charge		111,000	898,000	0
Tax effect on accumulated unrealized losses on investment		1,400,000	1,500,000	2,000,000
Advertising costs		1,600,000	1,500,000	2,900,000
Stock-based compensation service period								3 years				4 years				5 years
Acquisition-related expenses		$ 3,204,000	$ 215,000	$ 536,000