Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019	Oct. 31, 2018
Net revenue:
Financing income	$ 469	$ 458	$ 447
Total net revenue	26,982	29,135	30,852
Costs and expenses:
Financing interest	271	297	278
Research and development	1,874	1,842	1,667
Selling, general and administrative	4,624	4,907	4,921
Amortization of intangible assets	379	267	294
Impairment of goodwill	865	0	88
Restructuring charges	0	0	19
Transformation costs	950	453	414
Disaster charges (recoveries)	26	(7)	0
Acquisition, disposition and other related charges	80	757	82
Separation costs	0	0	9
Total costs and expenses	27,311	27,861	29,115
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(329)	1,274	1,737
Interest and other, net	(215)	(177)	(274)
Tax indemnification adjustments	(101)	377	(1,354)
Non-service net periodic benefit credit	136	59	121
Earnings from equity interests	67	20	38
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before taxes	(442)	1,553	268
(Provision) benefit for taxes	120	(504)	1,744
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(322)	1,049	2,012
Net loss from discontinued operations	0	0	(104)
Net earnings (loss)	$ (322)	$ 1,049	$ 1,908
Basic
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.25)	$ 0.78	$ 1.32
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0	0	(0.07)
Total basic net earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	(0.25)	0.78	1.25
Diluted
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(0.25)	0.77	1.30
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0	0	(0.07)
Total diluted net earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.25)	$ 0.77	$ 1.23
Weighted-average shares used to compute net earnings per share:
Basic (in shares)	1,294,000	1,353,000	1,529,000
Diluted (in shares)	1,294,000	1,366,000	1,553,000
Products
Net revenue:
Revenues	$ 16,264	$ 18,170	$ 19,504
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	11,698	12,533	14,090
Services
Net revenue:
Revenues	10,249	10,507	10,901
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	$ 6,544	$ 6,812	$ 7,253