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Financial Assets and Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2020
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Abstract] |
Summary of Available-for-Sale Securities | As of April 30, 2020, the balances of the Company's cash equivalents 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 | $ | 168,653 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 168,653 |
Total: | $ | 168,653 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 168,653 |
(1) | See Note 7. Fair Value Measures for further discussion on fair values of cash equivalents.
As of October 31, 2019, the balances of the Company's cash equivalents 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 |
(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 unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets:
| As of
| April 30, 2020 |  | October 31, 2019
| (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 856,424 |  |  | $ | 728,597 |
Restricted cash included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,269 |  |  | 1,174 |
Restricted cash included in Other long-term assets | 725 |  |  | 756 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 858,418 |  |  | $ | 730,527 |
Effects on Changes in Fair Values of Non-Designated Forward Contracts | The effects of the non-designated derivative instruments on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations is summarized as follows:
| Three Months Ended April 30, |  | Six Months Ended April 30,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
| (in thousands)
Gain (loss) recorded in other income (expense), net | $ | (1,349 | ) |  | $ | 5,035 |  |  | $ | (1,104 | ) |  | $ | 3,135 |
Notional Amounts of Derivative Instruments | The notional amounts in the table below for derivative instruments provide one measure of the transaction volume outstanding:
| As of
| April 30, 2020 |  | October 31, 2019
| (in thousands)
Total gross notional amount | $ | 896,477 |  |  | $ | 817,441 |
Net fair value | $ | (7,982 | ) |  | $ | 3,494 |
Fair Values of Derivative Instrument Designated and Non-Designated as Hedging Instruments in Balance Sheet | The following table represents the unaudited condensed 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 April 30, 2020 |  |  |
Other current assets | $ | 3,621 |  |  | $ | 237 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 11,747 |  |  | $ | 94 |
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 the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations location in Revenue/Deferred Revenue and Operating Expenses and amount of gains and losses on derivative instrument fair values for designated hedge instruments, net of tax:
| 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)
Three months ended April 30, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 1,130 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 272 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | (11,215 | ) |  | Operating expenses |  | (603 | )
Total |  |  | $ | (10,085 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (331 | )
Three months ended April 30, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 1,949 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 199 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | (1,502 | ) |  | Operating expenses |  | (4,211 | )
Total |  |  | $ | 447 |  |  |  |  | $ | (4,012 | )
Six months ended April 30, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 2,210 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 182 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | (10,644 | ) |  | Operating expenses |  | (1,036 | )
Total |  |  | $ | (8,434 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (854 | )
Six months ended April 30, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 741 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 363 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | 5,173 |  |  | Operating expenses |  | (8,850 | )
Total |  |  | $ | 5,914 |  |  |  |  | $ | (8,487 | )

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