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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired, Discount Rate

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Number Of Years Of Experience

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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 voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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Amount of asset recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, from an acquisition.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 01, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				$ 1,650.3	$ 1,071.1	$ 1,075.5
Architecture & Software
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				609.4	432.3	422.3
Control Products & Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill				1,040.9	$ 638.8	$ 653.2
Sensia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired	53.00%
Cash, net of cash acquired	$ 247.0
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired, discount rate	11.00%
Noncontrolling interest portion of Rockwell Automation's contributed business	$ 293.8
Pro forma revenue				191.0
Goodwill	$ 307.4
Sensia \| Schlumberger
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired	47.00%
Sensia \| Customer Relationships, Technology, Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 254.1
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	11 years
Sensia \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer attrition rate	7.50%
Sensia \| Minimum \| Technology and Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	5 years
Sensia \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Customer attrition rate	25.00%
Sensia \| Maximum \| Technology and Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	15 years
MESTECH, Avnet, ASEM, and Kalypso
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pro forma revenue				7,000.0
Goodwill			$ 244.5
Business acquisition, goodwill, expected tax deductible amount			69.0
Contingent consideration			25.8
Sales				$ 41.8
MESTECH, Avnet, ASEM, and Kalypso \| Customer Relationships, Technology, Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired			$ 76.5
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life			10 years
MESTECH, Avnet, ASEM, and Kalypso \| Architecture & Software
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 161.2
MESTECH, Avnet, ASEM, and Kalypso \| Control Products & Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 83.3
Avnet
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of years of experience		20 years