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Financial Instruments (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Oct. 31, 2016 | Oct. 31, 2015
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract] |  |
Period within which the funds held as collateral and posted as collateral are transferred from or to counterparties | 2 days |
Collateralized arrangements in net liability position | $ 9 | $ 35
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Total derivatives, gross notional amount | 35,300 | 29,463
Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 449 | 459
Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 320 | 360
Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 168 | 85
Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | $ 60 | 107
Cash flow hedges |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Maturity period of foreign currency cash flow hedges | 12 months |
Cash flow hedges | Minimum |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Duration of lease term for which lease-related forward contracts and intercompany lease loan forward contracts can be extended | 2 years |
Cash flow hedges | Maximum |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Duration of lease term for which lease-related forward contracts and intercompany lease loan forward contracts can be extended | 5 years |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Total derivatives, gross notional amount | $ 18,646 | 20,053
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 349 | 410
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 309 | 272
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 63 | 35
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 49 | 67
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Fair value hedges | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Total derivatives, gross notional amount | 9,500 | 9,500
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Fair value hedges | Interest rate contracts | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 109 | 0
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Fair value hedges | Interest rate contracts | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 6 | 55
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges | Foreign currency contracts |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Total derivatives, gross notional amount | 7,255 | 8,692
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges | Foreign currency contracts | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 296 | 296
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges | Foreign currency contracts | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 172 | 206
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges | Foreign currency contracts | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 40 | 28
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges | Foreign currency contracts | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 15 | 8
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges | Foreign currency contracts |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Total derivatives, gross notional amount | 1,891 | 1,861
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges | Foreign currency contracts | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 53 | 114
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges | Foreign currency contracts | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 28 | 66
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges | Foreign currency contracts | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 23 | 7
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges | Foreign currency contracts | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 28 | 4
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Total derivatives, gross notional amount | 16,654 | 9,410
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 100 | 49
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 11 | 88
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 105 | 50
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 11 | 40
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign currency contracts |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Total derivatives, gross notional amount | 16,496 | 9,283
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign currency contracts | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 100 | 46
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign currency contracts | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 11 | 88
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign currency contracts | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 103 | 50
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign currency contracts | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 11 | 40
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other derivatives |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Total derivatives, gross notional amount | 158 | 127
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other derivatives | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 0 | 3
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other derivatives | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 2 | 0
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other derivatives | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | $ 0 | $ 0

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