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American Software Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 1/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 3/5/21, at 1:22pm ET   ·   For:  1/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1628280-21-4014   ·   File #:  0-12456

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/05/21  American Software Inc.            10-Q        1/31/21   60:5.7M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    735K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     74K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    118K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     40K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    114K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders'  HTML     66K 
                Equity                                                           
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     88K 
17: R7          Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     29K 
                Policies                                                         
18: R8          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     58K 
19: R9          Leases                                              HTML     74K 
20: R10         Declaration of Dividend Payable                     HTML     19K 
21: R11         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML    135K 
22: R12         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     21K 
23: R13         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     45K 
24: R14         Stock Repurchases                                   HTML     19K 
25: R15         Comprehensive Income                                HTML     20K 
26: R16         Industry Segments                                   HTML     90K 
27: R17         Major Customers                                     HTML     19K 
28: R18         Contingencies                                       HTML     21K 
29: R19         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     20K 
30: R20         Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     33K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
31: R21         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     37K 
32: R22         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     48K 
33: R23         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML    135K 
34: R24         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     40K 
35: R25         Industry Segments (Tables)                          HTML     84K 
36: R26         Revenue Recognition - Additional Information        HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
37: R27         Revenue Recognition - Summary of Contract Balances  HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R28         Revenue Recognition - Remaining Performance         HTML     23K 
                Obligation (Details)                                             
39: R29         Revenue Recognition - Disaggregated Revenue         HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R30         Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     28K 
41: R31         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
42: R32         Leases - Lease Cost Information (Details)           HTML     26K 
43: R33         Leases - Weighted Average Information (Details)     HTML     21K 
44: R34         Leases - Summary of Operating Lease Maturities      HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R35         Leases - Lease Rental Receivables (Details)         HTML     32K 
46: R36         Declaration of Dividend Payable (Details)           HTML     19K 
47: R37         Earnings Per Common Share - Additional Information  HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R38         Earnings Per Common Share - Basic Earnings Per      HTML     51K 
                Common Share (Details)                                           
49: R39         Earnings Per Common Share - Diluted Earnings per    HTML     57K 
                Share for Class A Common Shares Using If-Converted               
                Method (Details)                                                 
50: R40         Earnings Per Common Share - Diluted Earnings per    HTML     51K 
                Share for Class B Common Shares Using Two-Class                  
                Method (Details)                                                 
51: R41         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     35K 
52: R42         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     33K 
53: R43         Stock Repurchases (Details)                         HTML     28K 
54: R44         Industry Segments - Additional Information          HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Industry Segments - Segment Information (Details)   HTML     51K 
56: R46         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     22K 
58: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    103K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- amswa-20210131_htm                  XML   1.50M 
57: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     66K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- amswa-20210131_cal              XML    185K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- amswa-20210131_def               XML    394K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- amswa-20210131_lab                    XML    914K 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- amswa-20210131_pre             XML    556K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- amswa-20210131                        XSD     96K 
59: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              246±   346K 
60: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-21-004014-xbrl      Zip    205K

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