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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - Subsequent Event - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2020	Jul. 31, 2021	Dec. 04, 2020
Slack \| 364-day senior unsecured bridge loan facility \| Bridge loan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Unsecured bridge loan			$ 10,000,000,000
Slack \| Expected
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash paid per share (in dollars per share)		$ 26.79
Entity shares (in shares)		0.0776
Total estimated consideration		$ 27,700,000,000
Acumen
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total estimated consideration	$ 570,000,000