Receivables - Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 27, 2019	Jan. 28, 2018	Oct. 28, 2018
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	$ 106.7	$ 113.8
Provision (credit) for credit losses	0.8	2.8
Write-offs	(11.3)	(10.7)
Recoveries	10.3	7.7
Translation adjustments	0.2	0.5
End of period balance	106.7	114.1
Balance individually evaluated	2.9	2.7
Receivables:
End of period balance	30,139.2	27,890.1	$ 30,646.7
Balance individually evaluated	65.3	80.4
Retail notes
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	51.6	55.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	4.5	2.4
Write-offs	(6.8)	(5.2)
Recoveries	1.9	2.6
Translation adjustments		0.3
End of period balance	51.2	55.8
Balance individually evaluated	0.1
Receivables:
End of period balance	17,760.4	16,938.8
Balance individually evaluated	56.4	58.9
Revolving charge accounts
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	42.3	39.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(0.9)	(0.4)
Write-offs	(3.9)	(4.6)
Recoveries	4.8	5.0
End of period balance	42.3	39.7
Receivables:
End of period balance	2,685.9	2,606.1	3,797.6
Balance individually evaluated	1.9	2.1
Wholesale receivables
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	8.0	9.9
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(3.9)
Recoveries	3.6
Translation adjustments	0.2	0.3
End of period balance	7.9	10.2
Balance individually evaluated	2.8	2.7
Receivables:
End of period balance	8,990.4	7,683.3	7,967.6
Balance individually evaluated	7.0	19.3
Financing leases
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	4.8	8.5
Provision (credit) for credit losses	1.1	0.8
Write-offs	(0.6)	(0.9)
Recoveries		0.1
Translation adjustments		(0.1)
End of period balance	5.3	8.4
Receivables:
End of period balance	$ 702.5	661.9	$ 770.6
Balance individually evaluated		$ 0.1