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Subscription Payment Terms

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Amount of the cumulative effect on retained earnings net of related income tax effect.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 250
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109234566&loc=d3e22663-107794

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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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Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition - Payment Terms (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2018	Jan. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2019
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Contract with customer, liability, revenue recognized		$ 1,800.0	$ 1,500.0
Minimum
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Subscription payment terms		30 days
EBA payment terms		30 days
Maximum
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Subscription payment terms		45 days
EBA payment terms		60 days
Impact from the adoption of ASC 606 and 340-40
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Cumulative effect on retained earnings	$ 179.4
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 - Revenue From Contracts with Customer
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Cumulative effect on retained earnings	89.0
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 - Costs to Acquire a Contract from a Customer
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Cumulative effect on retained earnings	$ 90.4