Represents grant frequency of equity-based compensation awards.

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Represents the period over which performance goals of the entity are vested.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Performance Share Awards and Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Jul. 29, 2016	Apr. 29, 2016	Jan. 29, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015	May 01, 2015	Jan. 30, 2015	Jul. 29, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Performance Share Awards
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants							On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Performance goal period							3 years
Award vesting period							3 years
Unvested awards
Granted (in shares)	0	0		0	0
Weighted-Average Fair Value at Date of Grant
Granted (in dollars per share)			$ 77.77			$ 65.68
Performance Share Awards \| Maximum
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting (as a percent)							200.00%
Performance Share Awards \| Minimum
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting (as a percent)							0.00%
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards
Weighted-Average Fair Value at Date of Grant
Granted (in dollars per share)							$ 83.67	$ 66.10
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards \| Graded vesting
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting (as a percent)							33.333%
Award vesting period							3 years
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards \| Cliff vesting
Stock-Based Compensation
Award vesting period							3 years