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Acquisitions and Divestitures - Divestitures Narrative (Details) - USD ($) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Jun. 30, 2022 | Feb. 28, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Jan. 14, 2023 | Mar. 31, 2022
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  | $ 1,898,000,000 | $ 11,000,000 | $ 16,000,000 |  |
Held-for-sale | Engineering Solutions | Subsequent event |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Divestiture consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 975,000,000 |
Held-for-sale | Engineering Solutions Business | Forecast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from divestiture of business |  |  | $ 750,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  | 1,900,000,000 | 11,000,000 | 16,000,000 |  |
Sale | Leveraged Commentary And Data And Leveraged Loan Indices |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Divestiture consideration | $ 600,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent payment | $ 50,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration, maximum period until achieved consideration is payable | 6 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale | Leveraged Commentary And Data |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  | 505,000,000 |  |  |  |
Gain on disposition after tax |  |  |  | 378,000,000 |  |  |  |
Sale | Leveraged Loan Indices |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  | 52,000,000 |  |  |  |
Gain on disposition after tax |  |  |  | 43,000,000 |  |  |  |
Sale | Base Chemicals |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Divestiture consideration | $ 295,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale | CUSIP Global Services |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Divestiture consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,925,000,000
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  | 1,342,000,000 |  |  |  |
Gain on disposition after tax |  |  |  | $ 1,005,000,000.000 |  |  |  |
Sale | OPIS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Divestiture consideration |  | $ 1,150,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale | Office facility in India |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  |  | 8,000,000 |  |  |
Gain on disposition after tax |  |  |  |  | 6,000,000 |  |  |
Sale | SPIAS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  |  | 3,000,000 | 1,000,000 |  |
Gain on disposition after tax |  |  |  |  | $ 3,000,000 | 1,000,000 |  |
Sale | IR webhosting business |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  |  |  | 11,000,000 |  |
Gain on disposition after tax |  |  |  |  |  | 6,000,000 |  |
Sale | Facility at East Windsor, New Jersey |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax gain (loss) on dispositions |  |  |  |  |  | 4,000,000 |  |
Gain on disposition after tax |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,000,000 |  |

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