Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Write-offs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016	Nov. 01, 2015
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (96.3)	$ (91.3)	$ (55.9)
Total recoveries	28.0	24.9	22.6
Total net write-offs	$ (68.3)	$ (66.4)	$ (33.3)
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.35%)	(0.32%)	(0.19%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.10%	0.09%	0.08%
Total net write-offs (as a percent)	(0.25%)	(0.23%)	(0.11%)
Retail notes
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (38.2)	$ (29.9)	$ (17.8)
Total recoveries	$ 7.8	$ 5.8	$ 6.5
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.23%)	(0.17%)	(0.10%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.05%	0.03%	0.03%
Retail notes | Agriculture and turf
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (17.0)	$ (10.5)	$ (9.5)
Total recoveries	$ 5.8	$ 4.3	$ 4.7
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.12%)	(0.07%)	(0.06%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%
Retail notes | Construction and forestry
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (21.2)	$ (19.4)	$ (8.3)
Total recoveries	$ 2.0	$ 1.5	$ 1.8
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.85%)	(0.79%)	(0.35%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.08%	0.06%	0.08%
Revolving charge accounts
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (52.2)	$ (54.3)	$ (36.2)
Total recoveries	$ 19.9	$ 18.5	$ 15.3
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(1.76%)	(2.13%)	(1.58%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.68%	0.73%	0.68%
Wholesale receivables
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (0.2)	$ (4.1)	$ (0.3)
Total recoveries		$ 0.1	$ 0.6
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)		(0.05%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)			0.01%
Financing leases
Dollars
Total write-offs	(5.7)	$ (3.0)	$ (1.6)
Total recoveries	$ 0.3	$ 0.5	$ 0.2
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.92%)	(0.54%)	(0.29%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.05%	0.09%	0.04%