v3.7.0.1

Financial Instruments - Hedges (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended |
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Apr. 30, 2017 | Oct. 31, 2016
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
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 | $ 137 | $ 9
Outstanding Gross Notional | 28,489 | 34,472
Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 321 | 400
Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 114 | 320
Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 199 | 159
Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | $ 188 | 60
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 |  |
Outstanding Gross Notional | $ 18,915 | 17,841
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 199 | 300
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 112 | 309
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 113 | 54
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 184 | 49
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Fair value hedges: | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Outstanding Gross Notional | 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 | 0 | 109
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Fair value hedges: | Interest rate contracts | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 122 | 6
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Outstanding Gross Notional | 7,483 | 6,450
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 159 | 247
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 91 | 172
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 79 | 31
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash flow hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 25 | 15
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Outstanding Gross Notional | 1,932 | 1,891
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 40 | 53
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 21 | 28
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 34 | 23
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Net investment hedges: | Foreign exchange contracts | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 37 | 28
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Outstanding Gross Notional | 9,574 | 16,631
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 122 | 100
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 2 | 11
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 86 | 105
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 4 | 11
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Outstanding Gross Notional | 9,472 | 16,496
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign exchange contracts | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 120 | 100
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign exchange contracts | Long-Term Financing Receivables and Other Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 2 | 11
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign exchange contracts | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 86 | 103
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Foreign exchange contracts | Long-Term Other Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | 4 | 11
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other derivatives |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Outstanding Gross Notional | 102 | 135
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other derivatives | Other Current Assets |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative asset, fair value | 2 | 0
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other derivatives | Other Accrued Liabilities |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value |  |
Derivative liability, fair value | $ 0 | $ 2

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