Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Write-offs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 28, 2018	Oct. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (81.2)	$ (96.3)	$ (91.3)
Total recoveries	27.4	28.0	24.9
Total net write-offs	$ (53.8)	$ (68.3)	$ (66.4)
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.27%)	(0.35%)	(0.32%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.09%	0.10%	0.09%
Total net write-offs (as a percent)	(0.18%)	(0.25%)	(0.23%)
Retail notes
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (22.1)	$ (38.2)	$ (29.9)
Total recoveries	$ 6.4	$ 7.8	$ 5.8
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.13%)	(0.23%)	(0.17%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
Retail notes | Agriculture and turf
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (6.4)	$ (17.0)	$ (10.5)
Total recoveries	$ 4.7	$ 5.8	$ 4.3
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.04%)	(0.12%)	(0.07%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%
Retail notes | Construction and forestry
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (15.7)	$ (21.2)	$ (19.4)
Total recoveries	$ 1.7	$ 2.0	$ 1.5
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.57%)	(0.85%)	(0.79%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.06%	0.08%	0.06%
Revolving charge accounts
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (54.1)	$ (52.2)	$ (54.3)
Total recoveries	$ 20.0	$ 19.9	$ 18.5
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(1.67%)	(1.76%)	(2.13%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.62%	0.68%	0.73%
Wholesale receivables
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (1.1)	$ (0.2)	$ (4.1)
Total recoveries	$ 0.2		$ 0.1
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.01%)		(0.05%)
Financing leases
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (3.9)	(5.7)	$ (3.0)
Total recoveries	$ 0.8	$ 0.3	$ 0.5
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.55%)	(0.92%)	(0.54%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.11%	0.05%	0.09%