Intangible Assets - Summary of Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 01, 2016	Apr. 03, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value	$ 3,556	$ 3,380
Accumulated Amortization	2,228	2,221
Net Carrying Value	1,328	1,159
Outsourcing contract costs
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value	828	802
Accumulated Amortization	494	476
Net Carrying Value	334	326
Software
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value	2,243	2,286
Accumulated Amortization	1,531	1,568
Net Carrying Value	712	718
Customer and other intangible assets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value	485	292
Accumulated Amortization	203	177
Net Carrying Value	$ 282	$ 115

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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