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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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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 02, 2019	Jan. 25, 2019	Jan. 31, 2018	Jun. 29, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				$ 907.0	$ 902.2
TMB GeoMarketing Limited
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price of assets		$ 1.3
George A. Sturdevant, Inc. (d/b/a Fastorq)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill						$ 2.6
Cash purchase price of assets			$ 3.0
Power Hawk Technologies Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price of acquisition	$ 8.0
Goodwill				$ 6.9