Schedule of Aggregate Operating Lease Liability (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 30, 2021	Jul. 31, 2020
Leases
Operating lease liabilities included in “Other current liabilities”	$ 2,516	$ 2,350
Operating lease liabilities included in noncurrent liabilities	6,108	7,353
Total	$ 8,624	$ 9,703

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121603541&loc=SL77918627-209977

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as current.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as noncurrent.

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