Significant Accounting Policies (Details 3) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 item	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2009
Revenue recognition
Net cash provided by operating activities related to aspenONE subscription offerings	$ 146,600,000			$ 33,000,000
Expense reduction to offset the lower revenue	0	0	0
Concessions given on contract modification to an existing term arrangement	0
Subscription and software revenue
Ratable	225,064,000	144,144,000	58,459,000
Residual method	14,590,000	22,544,000	45,240,000
Subscription and software revenue	239,654,000	166,688,000	103,699,000
Ratable, percent of total	93.90%	86.50%	56.40%
Residual method, percent of total	6.10%	13.50%	43.60%
Subscription and software revenue, percent of total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Number of idemnification obligation claims outstanding	0
Point products - Software
Subscription and software revenue
Residual method	0	0	20,190,000
Point products - Bundled SMS
Subscription and software revenue
Bundled SMS revenue from point products			2,100,000
Other - Legacy arrangements
Subscription and software revenue
Residual method	13,008,000	20,586,000	22,761,000
Other - Perpetual arrangements
Subscription and software revenue
Residual method	$ 1,582,000	$ 1,958,000	$ 2,289,000