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Segment and Related Information - Revenue Disaggregated by Type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | $ 2,993 | $ 2,106 | $ 5,383 | $ 4,122
Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 492 | 633 | 1,004 | 1,228
Services transferred over time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 2,501 | 1,473 | 4,379 | 2,894
Subscription |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,685 | 805 | 2,810 | 1,586
Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 492 | 633 | 1,004 | 1,228
Non-transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 409 | 422 | 835 | 822
Asset-linked fees |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 214 | 195 | 433 | 378
Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 72 | 51 | 140 | 108
Recurring variable revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 121 |  | 161 |
Operating Segments | Ratings |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 796 | 1,073 | 1,663 | 2,090
Operating Segments | Ratings | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 344 | 615 | 747 | 1,197
Operating Segments | Ratings | Services transferred over time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 452 | 458 | 916 | 893
Operating Segments | Ratings | Subscription |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Ratings | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 344 | 615 | 747 | 1,197
Operating Segments | Ratings | Non-transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 452 | 458 | 916 | 893
Operating Segments | Ratings | Asset-linked fees |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Ratings | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Ratings | Recurring variable revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  | 0 |
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 1,030 | 539 | 1,758 | 1,063
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 42 | 15 | 71 | 26
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Services transferred over time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 988 | 524 | 1,687 | 1,037
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Subscription |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 867 | 524 | 1,526 | 1,037
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 42 | 15 | 71 | 26
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Non-transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Asset-linked fees |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Market Intelligence | Recurring variable revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 121 |  | 161 |
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 438 | 252 | 801 | 492
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 26 | 3 | 74 | 5
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Services transferred over time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 412 | 249 | 727 | 487
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Subscription |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 397 | 233 | 694 | 455
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 26 | 3 | 74 | 5
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Non-transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Asset-linked fees |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 15 | 16 | 33 | 32
Operating Segments | Commodity Insights | Recurring variable revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  | 0 |
Operating Segments | Mobility |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 337 | 0 | 452 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 73 | 0 | 102 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Services transferred over time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 264 | 0 | 350 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Subscription |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 264 | 0 | 350 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 73 | 0 | 102 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Non-transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Asset-linked fees |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Mobility | Recurring variable revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  | 0 |
Operating Segments | Indices |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 339 | 278 | 661 | 548
Operating Segments | Indices | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Indices | Services transferred over time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 339 | 278 | 661 | 548
Operating Segments | Indices | Subscription |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 68 | 48 | 121 | 94
Operating Segments | Indices | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Indices | Non-transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Indices | Asset-linked fees |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 214 | 195 | 433 | 378
Operating Segments | Indices | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 57 | 35 | 107 | 76
Operating Segments | Indices | Recurring variable revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  | 0 |
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 96 | 0 | 129 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Services transferred over time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 89 | 0 | 119 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Subscription |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 89 | 0 | 119 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Non-transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Asset-linked fees |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operating Segments | Engineering Solutions | Recurring variable revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 |  | 0 |
Intersegment Elimination |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | (43) | (36) | (81) | (71)
Intersegment Elimination | Services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Intersegment Elimination | Services transferred over time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | (43) | (36) | (81) | (71)
Intersegment Elimination | Subscription |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Intersegment Elimination | Non-subscription / Transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Intersegment Elimination | Non-transaction |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | (43) | (36) | (81) | (71)
Intersegment Elimination | Asset-linked fees |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Intersegment Elimination | Sales usage-based royalties |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue | 0 | $ 0 | 0 | $ 0
Intersegment Elimination | Recurring variable revenue |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  | $ 0 |

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