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Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Apr. 01, 2016
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Subsequent Events On May 5, 2016, the Company completed the previously announced acquisition of Xchanging plc (Xchanging) for total consideration of approximately $633 million. Xchanging provides technology-enabled business solutions to organizations in global insurance and financial services, healthcare, real estate and the public sector. Xchanging is a component of both the Company's GBS and GIS segments. On May 23, 2016, CSC agreed to acquire Aspediens. Aspediens is a provider of technology-enabled solutions for the service-management sector and a preferred partner of ServiceNow. With headquarters in Switzerland, Aspediens has operations in Germany, France and Spain. Aspediens will join the CSC ServiceNow practice within Fruition Partners, a CSC company and ServiceNow platform that also includes UXC Keystone, Australia’s ServiceNow practice within UXC, a CSC company. On May 24, 2016 CSC announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved entering into an agreement to merge the company with the Enterprise Services segment of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) other than certain excluded portions. The merger is expected to be completed by the end of March 2017, subject to shareholder and regulatory reviews and approvals. Following the transaction, CSC and HPE shareholders each will own approximately 50 percent of the new company’s shares. The transaction is intended to be tax-free to CSC and HPE and their respective shareholders for federal income tax purposes.