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Accrued Liabilities | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2020
Accrued Liabilities Current [Abstract] |
Accrued Liabilities | Note 10. Accrued Liabilities Accrued liabilities as of April 30, 2020 and October 31, 2019 consisted of the following:
|  | April 30, |  |  | October 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Accrued payroll and employee benefits |  | $ | 1,934 |  |  | $ | 2,282 |
Accrued product warranty cost (1) |  |  | 110 |  |  |  | 144 |
Accrued service agreement costs (2) |  |  | 4,011 |  |  |  | 4,047 |
Accrued legal, taxes, professional and other |  |  | 4,850 |  |  |  | 4,979 |
Accrued liabilities |  | $ | 10,905 |  |  | $ | 11,452 |
(1) | Activity in the accrued product warranty costs represents reduction related to actual warranty activity as contracts progress through the warranty period or are beyond the warranty period and for the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 was $0.01 million and $0.04 million, respectively, and for the six months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 was $0.03 million and $0.08 million, respectively.
(2) | The loss accruals on service contracts were $3.3 million as of October 31, 2019, which decreased to $3.0 million as of April 30, 2020. The accruals for performance guarantees increased from $0.8 million as of October 31, 2019 to $1.0 million as of April 30, 2020.

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