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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio

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Unrestricted Domestic Cash Holdings

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Unrestricted Foreign Cash Holdings

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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The average effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Debt (Details)				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt (Details)	Nov. 05, 2018 USD ($)	May 04, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 19, 2010 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018	May 03, 2017 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unrestricted domestic cash holdings	100.00%
Unrestricted foreign cash holdings	70.00%
Earn out payment made						$ 0	$ 5,954,000	$ 3,834,000
SunTrust Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Period of term loan and the revolving credit facility			4 years
SunTrust Bank \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)						1.75%
Sun Trust Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit						$ 21,600,000
Remaining borrowing capacity						13,400,000
Sun Trust Revolving Credit Facility \| SunTrust Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Committed revolving credit facility	$ 5,000,000.0	$ 35,000,000.0	$ 15,000,000.0			$ 30,000,000.0				$ 20,000,000.0
Sun Trust Term Loan \| SunTrust Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Committed term loan			$ 15,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| SunTrust Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility commitment fee (percent)						0.25%
Interest rate during period						4.60%
C&CA
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Earn out payment made				$ 900,000	$ (4,000,000)	$ 4,000,000	$ 900,000
Leverage Ratio I \| Sun Trust Revolving Credit Facility \| SunTrust Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, covenant, leverage ratio		1.25							1.25
Leverage Ratio I \| Sun Trust Revolving Credit Facility \| SunTrust Bank \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Applicable margin (percent)		2.25%