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Financial Assets and Liabilities - Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations Location and Amount of Gains and Losses on Derivative Instrument Fair Values for Designated Hedge Instruments, Net of Tax (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015 | Jan. 31, 2014
Financial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items] |  |
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) | $ (12,829)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet | $ (594)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from OCI (effective portion) | (1,055)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet | 3,306 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
Foreign Exchange Contracts | Revenue |  |
Financial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items] |  |
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) | 2,966 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_SalesMember | 3,188 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_SalesMember
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from OCI (effective portion) | 2,381 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_SalesMember | 2,756 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_SalesMember
Foreign Exchange Contracts | Operating Expenses |  |
Financial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items] |  |
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) | (15,795)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_OperatingExpenseMember | (3,782)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeEffectivePortionNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_OperatingExpenseMember
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from OCI (effective portion) | $ (3,436)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_OperatingExpenseMember | $ 550 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_OperatingExpenseMember

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- Definition The effective portion of net gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into income on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624171-113959 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4D -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624177-113959 + Details
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- Definition The effective portion of gains and losses (net) on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments that was recognized in other comprehensive income during the current period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624171-113959 + Details
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