The percent of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Percentage of performance target for issuing performance awards.

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The percent of award calibration criteria established for performance assessment.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days of common stock for calculating closing price.

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The number of awards under share based payment arrangement.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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Agreed-upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset relating to the share-based payment award.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Details)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Details)	Dec. 05, 2022 item $ / shares shares	Apr. 30, 2023 shares	Jan. 31, 2023 shares	Apr. 30, 2023 D shares	Apr. 08, 2021 shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Awards and Units, Vested, Shares		84,669	261,059
Performance Shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Awards and Units, Granted, Shares			1,124,953
Percentage of Target Performance			100.00%
Time Based Awards
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Awards and Units, Granted, Shares		64,550	3,781,370
2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized					12,333,333
Common stock, shares available for issuance		3,517,296		3,517,296
Long Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2023 [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of award components \| item	2
Long Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2023 [Member] \| Senior Management [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Awards and Units, Granted, Shares	2,249,890
Long Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2023 [Member] \| Relative Total Shareholder Return Performance Shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award Calibration Percentage				100.00%
Variance from Award Calibration Percentage				0.50%
Award Cap, Percent				200.00%
Award Additional Cap, Percent				100.00%
Threshold Consecutive Trading Days \| D				60
Capital Shares reserved for future issuance		200.00%		200.00%
Long Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2023 [Member] \| Performance Shares \| Senior Management [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Awards and Units, Granted, Shares	1,124,953
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 5.50
Long Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2023 [Member] \| Time Based Awards
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of warrants vesting			33.33%	33.33%
Long Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2023 [Member] \| Time Based Awards \| Senior Management [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Awards and Units, Granted, Shares	1,124,937
Long Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2023 [Member] \| Time Based Awards \| Salaried Employees [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Awards and Units, Granted, Shares				2,720,983
Long Term Incentive Plan Fiscal 2023 [Member] \| Performance and Time Based Units [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation period	3 years
Maximum \| 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan \| Performance Shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares reserved for issuance		2,036,257		2,036,257