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Financial Assets and Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Abstract] |
Summary of Cash Equivalents and Non-Marketable Equities | As of October 31, 2020, the balances of the Company's cash equivalents and non-marketable equity securities investments were:
| Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses Less Than 12 Continuous Months |  | Gross Unrealized Losses 12 Continuous Months or Longer |  | Estimated Fair Value(1)
| (in thousands)
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 304,127 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 304,127 |
Total: | $ | 304,127 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 304,127 |
Other long-term assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-marketable equity securities | $ | 13,200 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13,200 |
Total: | $ | 13,200 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13,200 |
(1) | See Note 7. Fair Value Measures for further discussion on fair values of cash equivalents.
As of October 31, 2019, the balances of our cash equivalents and non-marketable equity securities investments were:
| Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses Less Than 12 Continuous Months |  | Gross Unrealized Losses 12 Continuous Months or Longer |  | Estimated Fair Value(1)
| (in thousands)
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 166,024 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 166,024 |
Total: | $ | 166,024 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 166,024 |
Other long-term assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-marketable equity securities | $ | 10,951 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,951 |
Total: | $ | 10,951 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,951 |
(1) See Note 7. Fair Value Measures for further discussion on fair values of cash equivalents.
Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash | The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash included in the consolidated balance sheets:
| October 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
| (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,235,653 |  |  | $ | 728,597 |
Restricted cash included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,523 |  |  | 1,174 |
Restricted cash included in Other long-term assets | 794 |  |  | 756 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 1,237,970 |  |  | $ | 730,527 |
Effects on Changes in Fair Values of Non-Designated Forward Contracts | The effects of non-designated derivative instruments on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for fiscal years 2020, 2019, and 2018 are summarized as follows:
| October 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| (in thousands)
Gain (loss) recorded in other income (expense), net | $ | 1,957 |  |  | $ | 4,538 |  |  | $ | 3,361 |
Notional Amounts of Derivative Instruments | The notional amounts in the table below for derivative instruments provide one measure of the transaction volume outstanding:
| October 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
| (in thousands)
Total gross notional amount | $ | 981,234 |  |  | $ | 817,441 |
Net fair value | $ | 6,940 |  |  | $ | 3,494 |
Fair Values of Derivative Instrument Designated and Non-Designated as Hedging Instruments in Balance Sheet | The following table represents the consolidated balance sheets location and amount of derivative instrument fair values segregated between designated and non-designated hedge instruments:
| Fair values of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments |  | Fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments
| (in thousands)
Balance at October 31, 2020 |  |  |
Other current assets | $ | 9,182 |  |  | $ | 138 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 2,088 |  |  | $ | 292 |
Balance at October 31, 2019 |  |  |
Other current assets | $ | 7,327 |  |  | $ | 53 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 3,715 |  |  | $ | 171 |
Income Statement Location and Amount of Gains and Losses on Derivative Instrument Fair Values for Designated Hedge Instruments, Net of Tax | The following table represents, for designated hedge instruments, net of tax, the respective locations in the consolidated statements of operations and the amount of gains and losses on derivative instrument fair values:
| Location of gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives |  | Amount of gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) |  | Location of gain (loss) reclassified from OCI |  | Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from OCI (effective portion)
| (in thousands)
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 3,034 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 530 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | 4,800 |  |  | Operating expenses |  | (603 | )
Total |  |  | $ | 7,834 |  |  |  |  | $ | (73 | )
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 278 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 1,436 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | 4,455 |  |  | Operating expenses |  | (16,073 | )
Total |  |  | $ | 4,733 |  |  |  |  | $ | (14,637 | )
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 693 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 1,103 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | (18,121 | ) |  | Operating expenses |  | 9,785 |
Total |  |  | $ | (17,428 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 10,888 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt | Outstanding principal payments under the Term Loan are due as follows:
Fiscal year | (in thousands)
2021 | $ | 27,187 |
2022 | 75,000 |
Total | $ | 102,187 |

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