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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION Fair Value Assumptions (Details)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Apr. 30, 2014
Apr. 30, 2015
Apr. 30, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award        
ESPP plan purchase price (in hundredths) 85.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPricePurchaseDate 85.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPricePurchaseDate 85.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPricePurchaseDate 85.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPricePurchaseDate
Stock Options        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award        
Number of years of peer groups historical stock price volatility used to determine volatility     5.5a_Numberofyearsofpeergroupshistoricalstockpricevolatilityusedtodeterminevolatility
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
 
Weighted average risk-free interest rate (in hundredths) 1.50%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
1.70%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
1.70%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
Dividend yield 1.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
1.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
1.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
Weighted average volatility (in hundredths) 29.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
28.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
39.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockOptionMember
Expected life (in years) 5 years 6 months    5 years 6 months 5 years 9 months
LTPP        
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award        
Number of years of peer groups historical stock price volatility used to determine volatility     3a_Numberofyearsofpeergroupshistoricalstockpricevolatilityusedtodeterminevolatility
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
 
Volatility of Agilent shares (in hundredths) 25.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
36.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
25.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
36.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
Volatility of selected peer-company shares minimum (in hundredths) 12.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesVolatilityRateRangeMinimum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
13.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesVolatilityRateRangeMinimum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
12.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesVolatilityRateRangeMinimum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
13.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesVolatilityRateRangeMinimum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
Volatility of selected peer-company shares maximum (in hundredths) 57.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesVolatilityRateRangeMaximum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
57.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesVolatilityRateRangeMaximum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
57.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesVolatilityRateRangeMaximum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
57.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesVolatilityRateRangeMaximum
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
Price-wise correlation with selected peers (in hundredths) 37.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesPriceWiseCorrelationyRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
47.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesPriceWiseCorrelationyRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
37.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesPriceWiseCorrelationyRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember
47.00%a_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsPeerCompanySharesPriceWiseCorrelationyRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= a_LtppMember