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Equity Transactions (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 14, 2019 unit_Standard_Vote $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock shares authorized (in shares) \| shares		0	220,000,000
Common stock par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.0005	$ 0.0005
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares) \| shares		100,000,000	0
Preferred stock par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.0005	$ 0.0005
Payments for Legal Settlements \| $		$ 2.3
IPO
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares) \| shares	100,000,000
Preferred stock par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.0005
Class A Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock shares authorized (in shares) \| shares		2,000,000,000	0
Common stock par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.0005	$ 0.0005
Class A Common Stock \| IPO
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock shares authorized (in shares) \| shares	2,000,000,000
Common stock par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.0005
Number of votes per share \| unit_Standard_Vote	1
Common stock conversion ratio	1
Class B Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock shares authorized (in shares) \| shares		300,000,000	0
Common stock par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.0005	$ 0.0005
Class B Common Stock \| IPO
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock shares authorized (in shares) \| shares	300,000,000
Common stock par value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.0005
Number of votes per share \| unit_Standard_Vote	10
Common stock conversion ratio	1