Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Other (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018
Additional Receivable Disclosures
Investment in non-performing Receivables	$ 311.9	$ 142.0
Total non-performing Receivables as a percentage of Receivables outstanding	0.95%	0.46%
Minimum number of days for a receivable to be considered past due	30 days
Total Receivables 30 days or more past due and still accruing finance income	$ 352.8	$ 483.2
Total past due amounts as a percentage of total Receivables outstanding	1.07%	1.58%
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total Receivables outstanding	0.31%	0.35%
Deposits primarily withheld from John Deere dealers and merchants available for potential credit losses	$ 126.0	$ 132.3