Employee Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Employee Benefit Plans	Employee Benefit Plans 401(k) Plan We maintain 401(k) plans for employees meeting certain service requirements. Generally, the plans allow eligible employees to contribute a portion of their compensation, and we match $1.00 for every $1.00 on the first 1% of the employee's pre-tax contributions and $0.50 for every $0.50 up to the next 5% of the employee's pre-tax contributions. We may also make discretionary contributions each year for the benefit of all eligible employees under the plans. Agilysys matching contributions were $1.5 million, $1.3 million, and $1.2 million in fiscal 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively. Endorsement Split-Dollar Life Insurance Agilysys provides certain former executives with life insurance benefits through endorsement split-dollar life insurance arrangements. We entered into a separate agreement with each of the former executives covered by these arrangements whereby we must maintain the life insurance policy for the specified amount and split a portion of the policy benefits with the former executive's designated beneficiary. In fiscal 2016, we increased the value of two of these policies by $0.5 million due to the anticipated redemption and recorded the benefit in "Other (income) expenses, net" in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, in fiscal 2014 we increased the cash surrender value of another policy by $0.5 million due to the anticipated redemption and recorded the benefit in "Other (income) expenses, net” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, this policy was redeemed for $2.0 million. The expense related to these benefit obligations is based on estimates developed by management by evaluating actuarial information and including assumptions with respect to discount rates and mortality. The expense associated with these benefits was classified within “General, and administrative” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. The related liability was $0.2 million at March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Of the total fiscal 2016 liability, $0.15 million related to the policies whose value were increased in 2016 due to anticipated redemption were classified as a current liability within "Accrued expenses" in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The remaining liability of $76,000 was classified within “Other non-current liabilities” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The aggregate cash surrender value of the underlying corporate-owned split-dollar life insurance contracts, which were classified within "Other current assets" and “Other non-current assets” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $1.9 million and $0.8 million (net of policy loans of $0.1 million) at March 31, 2016, respectively. The aggregate cash surrender value of the underlying corporate-owned split-dollar life insurance contracts which were classified within "Other non-current assets” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets was $2.5 million (net of policy loans of $0.1 million) at March 31, 2015. Changes in the cash surrender value of these policies related to gains and losses incurred on these investments are classified within “Other (income) expenses, net” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. We recorded a gain of $0.6 million dollars in fiscal 2016, a gain of $0.1 million in fiscal 2015 and a gain of $0.6 million in fiscal 2014 related to the corporate-owned life insurance policies.

Employee Benefit Plans

401(k) Plan

We maintain 401(k) plans for employees meeting certain service requirements. Generally, the plans allow eligible employees to contribute a portion of their compensation, and we match $1.00 for every $1.00 on the first 1% of the employee's pre-tax contributions and $0.50 for every $0.50 up to the next 5% of the employee's pre-tax contributions. We may also make discretionary contributions each year for the benefit of all eligible employees under the plans. Agilysys matching contributions were $1.5 million, $1.3 million, and $1.2 million in fiscal 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.

Endorsement Split-Dollar Life Insurance

Agilysys provides certain former executives with life insurance benefits through endorsement split-dollar life insurance arrangements. We entered into a separate agreement with each of the former executives covered by these arrangements whereby we must maintain the life insurance policy for the specified amount and split a portion of the policy benefits with the former executive's designated beneficiary. In fiscal 2016, we increased the value of two of these policies by $0.5 million due to the anticipated redemption and recorded the benefit in "Other (income) expenses, net" in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, in fiscal 2014 we increased the cash surrender value of another policy by $0.5 million due to the anticipated redemption and recorded the benefit in "Other (income) expenses, net” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, this policy was redeemed for $2.0 million.

The expense related to these benefit obligations is based on estimates developed by management by evaluating actuarial information and including assumptions with respect to discount rates and mortality. The expense associated with these benefits was classified within “General, and administrative” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. The related liability was $0.2 million at March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Of the total fiscal 2016 liability, $0.15 million related to the policies whose value were increased in 2016 due to anticipated redemption were classified as a current liability within "Accrued expenses" in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The remaining liability of $76,000 was classified within “Other non-current liabilities” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The aggregate cash surrender value of the underlying corporate-owned split-dollar life insurance contracts, which were classified within "Other current assets" and “Other non-current assets” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, was $1.9 million and $0.8 million (net of policy loans of $0.1 million) at March 31, 2016, respectively. The aggregate cash surrender value of the underlying corporate-owned split-dollar life insurance contracts which were classified within "Other non-current assets” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets was $2.5 million (net of policy loans of $0.1 million) at March 31, 2015.

Changes in the cash surrender value of these policies related to gains and losses incurred on these investments are classified within “Other (income) expenses, net” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. We recorded a gain of $0.6 million dollars in fiscal 2016, a gain of $0.1 million in fiscal 2015 and a gain of $0.6 million in fiscal 2014 related to the corporate-owned life insurance policies.