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Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020 | Oct. 31, 2019
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items] |  |
Contract with customer, liability, revenue recognized | $ 1,100.0 | $ 1,000.0
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, amount | 4,900.0 |
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, non-cancellable, amount | $ 673.8 |
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, excluding non-cancellable, recognized over twelve month period, percent | 61.00% |
Capitalized contract cost, net | $ 81.3 | 86.4
Amortization of capitalized costs to obtain revenue contracts | 61.2 | 62.8
Sales Based Royalties |  |
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items] |  |
Contract with customer, liability, revenue recognized | $ 102.4 | $ 80.0

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