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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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For the form of debt having an initial term of less than one year or less than the normal operating cycle, if longer, average borrowings during the period.

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Debt and Financing Arrangements Short-Term Debt (Details) € in Millions	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Amount Of Credit Facility Retired \| €						€ 390
Commercial Paper, at Carrying Value	$ 0		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Short-term Debt	$ 662,000,000		$ 52,000,000	$ 662,000,000	$ 52,000,000
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	1.65%		7.20%	1.65%	7.20%	1.65%
Commercial Paper [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Average Outstanding Amount				$ 1,397,000,000	$ 1,537,000,000
100 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in Nov 2016 [Domain]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term		9 months
Short-term Bank Loans and Notes Payable \| €						€ 100
37 Million euro revolving credit facility [Domain]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt retired, amount \| €		€ 37
100 Million euro revolving credit facility [Domain]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term		9 months
Short-term Bank Loans and Notes Payable \| €						€ 100
200 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in October 2016 [Domain]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term		10 months
Short-term Bank Loans and Notes Payable	$ 200,000,000			200,000,000
125 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in Sept 2016 [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt retired, amount	125,000,000
125 Million USD floating term loan maturing in October 2016 [Domain]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term		10 months
Short-term Bank Loans and Notes Payable	$ 125,000,000			$ 125,000,000
Committed Five Year Credit Facility [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Amount Of Credit Facility Retired			$ 2,500,000,000		2,500,000,000
Length of Credit Facility			5 years
Contingent on consumation of Tyco merger [Domain] \| 2.0 billion USD revolving credit facility [Domain]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Length of Credit Facility				4 years
Amount of credit facility							$ 2,000,000,000
Proceeds from Lines of Credit				$ 0	$ 0