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Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2021 | Jul. 31, 2020 | Jul. 31, 2021 | Jul. 31, 2020
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Contract with customer, liability, revenue recognized | $ 134,900 |  | $ 1,000,000 |
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, amount | 4,700,000 |  | 4,700,000 |
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, non-cancellable, amount | $ 788,800 |  | $ 788,800 |
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, excluding non-cancellable, recognized over twelve month period, percent | 50.00% |  | 50.00% |
Capitalized contract cost, net | $ 83,900 |  | $ 83,900 |
Amortization of capitalized costs to obtain revenue contracts | 16,500 | $ 16,600 | 46,973 | $ 44,851
Sales Based Royalties |  |  |  |
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Contract with customer, liability, revenue recognized | $ 27,900 | $ 25,900 | $ 88,700 | $ 78,000

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