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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Contingent Consideration, Measurement Period

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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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 of gain (loss) recognized in the income statement for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		9 Months Ended
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 14, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Nov. 30, 2011
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of contingent purchase consideration			$ 5,464,000
Fair value, measurements, recurring
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent purchase consideration, change in fair value of contingent consideration		$ 102,000
Contingent consideration, change in fair value of contingent consideration		64,000
Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of contingent purchase consideration			5,464,000
Simena
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of contingent purchase consideration				$ 8,000,000
Simena \| Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of contingent purchase consideration			4,900,000
Efflux
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of contingent purchase consideration			523,000
Efflux \| Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated fair value of contingent purchase consideration			$ 523,000
HNT tools business \| Disposed of by Sale
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent consideration related to the divestiture	$ 2,300,000	$ 2,300,000
Contingent consideration related to the divestiture, measurement period	2 years
HNT tools business \| Disposed of by Sale \| Maximum
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent consideration related to the divestiture	$ 4,000,000.0