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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Exchanged in Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested, Number

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Exchanged, Participation Threshold To Participate In Distributions

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Forfeited, Participation Threshold To Participate In Distributions

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Granted, Participation Threshold To Participate In Distributions

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Outstanding, Participation Threshold To Participate In Distributions

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Vested, Participation Threshold To Participate In Distributions

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Weighted-Average Participation Threshold [Roll Forward]

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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 non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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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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Number of shares under non-option equity instrument agreements that were cancelled as a result of occurrence of a terminating event.

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Number of equity instruments other than options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested instruments.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Equity-Based Compensation - Class B Units (Details)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Equity-Based Compensation - Class B Units (Details)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Conversion ratio		1.25
Class B Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Conversion ratio	0.80
Granted (in shares)		0	0	0
Number of Class B Units (in thousands)
Outstanding, Beginning of Period (in shares)		2,627,000	3,163,000	5,168,000
Granted (in shares)		0	0	0
Exchanged (in shares)		(61,000)	(535,000)	(1,991,000)
Forfeited (in shares)		0	(1,000)	(14,000)
Outstanding, End of Period (in shares)		2,566,000	2,627,000	3,163,000	5,168,000
Vested, End of Period (in shares)		2,566,000
Expected to vest, End of Period (in shares)		0
Weighted-Average Participation Threshold per Class B Unit
Exchanged (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 5.75	$ 1.70	$ 1.22
Forfeited (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			12.00	5.81
Outstanding (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		5.60	$ 5.60	$ 4.94	$ 3.51
Vested, End of Period (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		5.60
Class B Units \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	4 years
Participation threshold (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		0.00
Class B Units \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	5 years
Participation threshold (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 12.00