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|  |  |  | Year Ended June 30, |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| (In thousands) | 2019 | Change increase (decrease) | 2018 | Change increase (decrease) | 2017 |
| Professional Service and Other Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Americas | $132,426 | $(19,045) | $151,471 | $39,872 | $111,599 |
| EMEA | 122,861 | (8,982) | 131,843 | 29,601 | 102,242 |
| Asia Pacific | 29,649 | (3,294) | 32,943 | 11,468 | 21,475 |
| Total Professional Service and Other Revenues | 284,936 | (31,321) | 316,257 | 80,941 | 235,316 |
| Cost of Professional Service and Other Revenues | 224,635 | (28,754) | 253,389 | 58,435 | 194,954 |
| GAAP-based Professional Service and Other Gross Profit | $60,301 | $(2,567) | $62,868 | $22,506 | $40,362 |
| GAAP-based Professional Service and Other Gross Margin % | 21.2% |  | 19.9% |  | 17.2% |
| % Professional Service and Other Revenues by |  |  |  |  |  |
| Geography: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Americas | 46.5% |  | 47.9% |  | 47.4% |
| EMEA | 43.1% |  | 41.7% |  | 43.4% |
| Asia Pacific | 10.4% |  | 10.4% |  | 9.2% |
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4) Professional Service and Other:
Professional service and other revenues consist of revenues from consulting contracts and contracts to provide implementation, training and integration services (professional services). Other revenues consist of hardware revenues, which are grouped within the “Professional service and other” category because they are relatively immaterial to our service revenues. Professional services are typically performed after the purchase of new software licenses. Professional service and other revenues can vary from period to period based on the type of engagements as well as those implementations that are assumed by our partner network.
Cost of professional service and other revenues consists primarily of the costs of providing integration, configuration and training with respect to our various software products. The most significant components of these costs are personnel-related expenses, travel costs and third party subcontracting.
Professional service and other revenues decreased by $31.3 million or 9.9% during the year ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the prior fiscal year; down 7.4% after factoring the impact of $8.1 million of foreign exchange rate changes. Geographically, the overall change was attributable to a decrease in Americas of $19.0 million, a decrease in EMEA of $9.0 million and a decrease in Asia Pacific of $3.3 million.
Cost of Professional service and other revenues decreased by $28.8 million during the year ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the prior fiscal year as a result of a decrease in labour-related costs of approximately $29.0 million resulting primarily from a reduction in the use of external labour resources, partially offset by an increase in other miscellaneous costs of $0.2 million.
Overall, the gross margin percentage on Professional service and other revenues increased to approximately 21% from approximately 20%. This is the result of effectively executing our strategy of optimizing margins by being selective about the professional service engagements we accept.
Professional service and other revenues under proforma Topic 605 were not materially different from those under Topic 606 as discussed above.
Question:
What is the percentage increase of GAAP-based Professional Service and Other Gross Profit of fiscal year 2017 to 2019?
Answer: (60301-40362)/40362 = 49.4