Increase (Decrease) In Contract With Customer, Liability, Excluded From Performance Obligations Outstanding

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Revenue From Contract With Customer, Payment Period

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Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Funded Amount

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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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 increase (decrease) in obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Description of timing for satisfying performance obligation in contract with customer. Includes, but is not limited to, as services are rendered, and upon shipment, delivery or completion of service.

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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Percentage of remaining performance obligation to total remaining performance obligation not recognized as revenue.

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Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Support contract timing			12 months
Customer deposits excluded from performance obligations			$ 1,600	$ 1,700
Performance obligations	$ 18,495	$ 18,091	18,495	18,091	$ 20,046	$ 11,082
Recognition of deferred revenue			19,200	11,437
Customer deposits and deferred service revenue			$ (1,043)	(3,901)
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-07-01
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Performance obligation, percentage	100.00%		100.00%
Performance obligations, period	60 months		60 months
Restaurant/Retail
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Recognition of deferred revenue	$ 5,000	$ 8,800	$ 9,500	$ 11,400
Restaurant/Retail \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-07-01
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Performance obligation, percentage	64.00%		64.00%
Performance obligations, period	12 months		12 months
Restaurant/Retail \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-07-01
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Performance obligation, percentage	31.00%		31.00%
Performance obligations, period	48 months		48 months
Government
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Performance obligations	$ 182,654		$ 182,654		195,300
Funded performance obligations	$ 47,000		$ 47,000		$ 38,600
Government \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-07-01
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Performance obligations, period	1 year		1 year
Performance obligations	$ 86,964		$ 86,964
Government \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-07-01
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Performance obligations, period	1 year		1 year
Performance obligations	$ 55,987		$ 55,987
Government \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-07-01
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Performance obligations, period	1 year		1 year
Performance obligations	$ 26,588		$ 26,588
Government \| Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2025-07-01
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Performance obligations, period
Performance obligations	$ 13,115		$ 13,115
Minimum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Payment period			30 days
Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Payment period			90 days