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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended 24 Months Ended 36 Months Ended 48 Months Ended 60 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2025
Aug. 31, 2024
Aug. 31, 2023
Aug. 31, 2022
Aug. 31, 2021
Aug. 31, 2022
Aug. 31, 2023
Aug. 31, 2024
Aug. 31, 2025
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table
Pay Versus Performance
As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid and certain financial performance of the Company. For further information concerning the Company’s pay-for-performance philosophy and how the Company aligns executive compensation with the Company’s performance, refer to “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis.”
Year
Summary
Compensation
Table Total for
Ms. Sweet(1)
Compensation
Actually Paid
to Ms. Sweet(2)
Average
Summary
Compensation
Table Total for
Other NEOs(3)
Average
Compensation
Actually Paid
to Other
NEOs(4)
Value of Initial Fixed $100
Investment Based On:		Net Income
(in thousands)
Company-
Selected
Measure
(Operating
Income)(7)
(in thousands)
Total
Shareholder
Return(5)
Peer Group
Total
Shareholder
Return(6)
2025$29,641,903 $16,552,177 $6,538,890 $4,184,446 $117 $251 $7,832,400 $10,840,988 
2024$24,915,146 $19,696,871 $7,541,398 $6,572,485 $151 $205 $7,419,197 $10,034,287 
2023$31,550,906 $28,942,633 $9,672,559 $9,633,011 $141 $148 $7,003,530 $9,873,035 
2022$33,701,108 $28,901,232 $11,074,958 $9,061,110 $123 $111 $6,988,960 $9,367,181 
2021$23,085,391 $37,443,329 $9,169,307 $17,503,467 $142 $129 $5,990,545 $7,621,529 
                
Company Selected Measure Name Operating income                
Named Executive Officers, Footnote The dollar amounts reported are the amounts reported in the “Total” column of our Summary Compensation Table for Ms. Sweet.                
Peer Group Issuers, Footnote The peer group used for this purpose is the S&P 500 Information Technology Sector Index.                
PEO Total Compensation Amount $ 29,641,903 $ 24,915,146 $ 31,550,906 $ 33,701,108 $ 23,085,391        
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount $ 16,552,177 19,696,871 28,942,633 28,901,232 37,443,329        
Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote The dollar amounts reported represent the amount of “compensation actually paid,” as computed in accordance with SEC rules. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid during the applicable year. In accordance with SEC rules, the following adjustments were made to the Summary Compensation Table total compensation to determine the compensation actually paid for fiscal 2025:
YearReported Summary
Compensation Table
Total for Ms. Sweet
Minus:
Reported Value of
Equity Awards(a)
Plus:
Equity Award
Adjustments(b)
Compensation
Actually Paid
to Ms. Sweet
2025$29,641,903 $22,876,232 $9,786,506 $16,552,177 
(a)The grant date fair value of equity awards represents the total of the amounts reported in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year.
(b)The equity award adjustments for fiscal 2025 include the addition (or subtraction, as applicable) of the following:
YearYear End Fair
Value of Equity
Awards Granted
During Year and
Unvested at
Year End		Year Over
Year Change in
Fair Value of
Equity Awards
Granted in Prior
Fiscal Years and
Outstanding and
Unvested as of
Year End		Fair Value
as of Vesting
Date of Equity
Awards Granted
and Vested
in the Year		Change in
Fair Value from
Prior Year End
to Vesting
Date of Equity
Awards Granted
in Prior Years
that Vested
in the Year
Total Equity
Award
Adjustments
2025$11,403,053 ($4,663,067)$6,544,806 ($3,498,286)$9,786,506 
The valuation methodologies used to calculate fair values did not materially differ from those disclosed at the time of grant, as further described in Note 7 to the Summary Compensation Table. For performance-based awards, fair values were calculated based on the probable outcome of the performance conditions as of the relevant valuation date. With respect to the portion of key executive performance awards for which operating income targets had not yet been established, we have assumed target performance. 		               
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount $ 6,538,890 7,541,398 9,672,559 11,074,958 9,169,307        
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount $ 4,184,446 6,572,485 9,633,011 9,061,110 17,503,467        
Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote The dollar amounts reported represent the average amount of “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs listed in footnote 3, as computed in accordance with SEC rules. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to such NEOs during the applicable year. In accordance with the SEC rules, the following adjustments were made to the average Summary Compensation Table total compensation for fiscal 2025 to determine the compensation actually paid:
Year
Average
Reported Summary
Compensation
Table Total for
Other NEOs
Minus:
Average
Reported Value of
Equity Awards(a)
Plus:
Average
Equity Award
Adjustments(b)
Average
Compensation
Actually Paid to
Other NEOs
2025$6,538,890 $4,255,210 $1,900,766 $4,184,446 
(a)The grant date fair value of equity awards represents the total of the amounts reported in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year.
(b)The equity award adjustments for fiscal 2025 include the addition (or subtraction, as applicable) of the following:
YearAverage Year End
Fair Value of Equity
Awards Granted
During Year and
Unvested at
Year End		Average
Year Over Year
Change in Fair Value
of Equity Awards
Granted in Prior Fiscal
Years and
Outstanding and
Unvested as of
Year End		Average Fair
Value as of Vesting
Date of Equity
Awards Granted and
Vested in the Year		Average Change in
Fair Value from Prior
Year End to Vesting
Date of Equity
Awards Granted in
Prior Years that
Vested in the Year		Total Average
Equity Award
Adjustments
2025$2,112,940 ($718,048)$1,219,541 ($713,667)$1,900,766 
The valuation methodologies used to calculate fair values did not materially differ from those disclosed at the time of grant, as further described in Note 7 to the Summary Compensation Table. For performance-based awards, fair values were calculated based on the probable outcome of the performance conditions as of the relevant valuation date. With respect to the portion of key executive performance awards for which operating income targets had not yet been established, we have assumed target performance.
                
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return
Compensation Actually Paid (CAP) Versus TSR
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CEO CAP
02_PRO014223_icn_legends_WO1_NEO Cap.jpg 
Average Other NEO CAP
02_PRO014223_icn_legends_WO1_Cumulative TSR.jpg 
Company Cumulative TSR
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Peer Index Cumulative TSR
                
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income
Compensation Actually Paid (CAP) Versus Net Income
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CEO CAP
02_PRO014223_icn_legends_WO1_NEO Cap.jpg 
Average Other NEO CAP
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Net Income
                
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure
Compensation Actually Paid (CAP) Versus Operating Income(1)
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CEO CAP
02_PRO014223_icn_legends_WO1_NEO Cap.jpg 
Average Other NEO CAP
02_PRO014223_icn_legends_WO1_Peer TSR.jpg 
Operating Income
(1)See footnote 7 above.
                
Tabular List, Table
Financial Performance Measures
As described in greater detail in “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” the Company’s executive compensation program reflects a variable pay-for-performance philosophy. The metrics that the Company uses for both our long-term and short-term incentive awards are selected based on an objective of incentivizing our named executive officers to create 360° value for all. The most important financial performance measures used by the Company to link executive compensation actually paid to the Company’s named executive officers, for the most recently completed fiscal year, to the Company’s performance are as follows:
•Operating income
•Relative total shareholder return
•Earnings per share
                
Total Shareholder Return Amount         142 $ 123 $ 141 $ 151 $ 117
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount         129 $ 111 $ 148 $ 205 $ 251
Net Income (Loss) $ 7,832,400,000 $ 7,419,197,000 $ 7,003,530,000 $ 6,988,960,000 $ 5,990,545,000        
Company Selected Measure Amount 10,840,988,000 10,034,287,000 9,873,035,000 9,367,181,000 7,621,529,000        
PEO Name Ms. Sweet Ms. Sweet Ms. Sweet Ms. Sweet Ms. Sweet        
Measure:: 1                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Name Operating income                
Non-GAAP Measure Description Operating income is the most heavily weighted performance measure under the Key Executive Performance Share Program, which is intended to be the most significant element of our named executive officers’ compensation over time, as described in greater detail in “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis.” In accordance with the terms of such program, operating income for fiscal years 2023, 2024 and 2025 was adjusted for purposes of the Key Executive Performance Share Program and is calculated and shown here as GAAP operating income excluding the impact of business optimization initiatives. The Compensation, Culture & People Committee did not make any adjustments to GAAP operating income under the Key Executive Performance Share Program for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 and GAAP operating income is shown in this column for such years. See “Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures.”                
Measure:: 2                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Name Relative total shareholder return                
Measure:: 3                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Name Earnings per share                
PEO | Minus Reported Value of Equity Awards [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount $ 22,876,232                
PEO | Plus Equity Award Adjustments [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 9,786,506                
PEO | Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted During Year and Unvested at Year End [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 11,403,053                
PEO | Year Over Year Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years and Outstanding and Unvested as of Year End [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (4,663,067)                
PEO | Fair Value
as of Vesting
Date of Equity
Awards Granted
and Vested
in the Year [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 6,544,806                
PEO | Change in
Fair Value from
Prior Year End
to Vesting
Date of Equity
Awards Granted
in Prior Years
that Vested
in the Year [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (3,498,286)                
PEO | Total Equity Award Adjustments [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 9,786,506                
Non-PEO NEO | Minus Average
Reported Value of
Equity Awards [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 4,255,210                
Non-PEO NEO | Plus
Average
Equity Award
Adjustments [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 1,900,766                
Non-PEO NEO | Average Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted During Year and Unvested at Year End [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 2,112,940                
Non-PEO NEO | Average Year Over Year Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years and Outstanding and
Unvested as of
Year End [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (718,048)                
Non-PEO NEO | Average Fair
Value as of Vesting
Date of Equity
Awards Granted and
Vested in the Year [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 1,219,541                
Non-PEO NEO | Average Change in
Fair Value from Prior
Year End to Vesting
Date of Equity
Awards Granted in
Prior Years that
Vested in the Year [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (713,667)                
Non-PEO NEO | Total Average
Equity Award
Adjustments [Member]                  
Pay vs Performance Disclosure                  
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount $ 1,900,766