Condensed Consolidated and Combined Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Net revenue:
Products		$ 4,528	$ 4,811	$ 14,509	$ 14,190
Services		7,588	8,157	22,866	24,196
Financing income		94	89	270	273
Total net revenue		12,210	13,057	37,645	38,659
Costs and expenses:
Cost of products		2,997	3,241	9,623	9,446
Cost of services		5,576	6,008	17,012	18,077
Financing interest		65	58	183	182
Research and development		555	602	1,764	1,686
Selling, general and administrative		1,938	2,040	5,957	5,987
Amortization of intangible assets		210	225	629	632
Restructuring charges		369	24	841	404
Acquisition and other related charges		37	46	127	69
Separation costs		135	255	305	458
Defined benefit plan settlement charges		0	178	0	178
Impairment of data center assets		0	136	0	136
Gain on H3C divestiture		(2,169)	0	(2,169)	0
Total costs and expenses		9,713	12,813	34,272	37,255
Earnings from operations		2,497	244	3,373	1,404
Interest and other, net		(18)	4	(212)	(42)
Loss from equity interests		(72)	0	(72)	(2)
Earnings before taxes		2,407	248	3,089	1,360
Provision for taxes		(135)	(24)	(230)	(284)
Net earnings		$ 2,272	$ 224	$ 2,859	$ 1,076
Net earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	[1]	$ 1.35	$ 0.13	$ 1.66	$ 0.60
Diluted (in dollars per share)	[1]	1.32	0.13	1.64	0.59
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	[1]	$ 0.06	$ 0.00	$ 0.22	$ 0.00
Weighted average shares used to compute net earnings per share:
Basic (in shares)	[1]	1,681	1,804	1,722	1,804
Diluted (in shares)	[1]	1,715	1,834	1,748	1,834

[1] On November 1, 2015, HP Inc. distributed a total of 1.8 billion shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise common stock to HP Inc. stockholders as of the record date. For comparative purposes, the same number of shares used to compute basic and diluted net earnings per share ("EPS") for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 is used for the calculation of basic and diluted net EPS for all periods in fiscal 2015. See Note 16, "Net Earnings Per Share", for further details.