Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Write-offs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018	Oct. 29, 2017
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (88.3)	$ (81.2)	$ (96.3)
Total recoveries	37.0	27.4	28.0
Total net write-offs	$ (51.3)	$ (53.8)	$ (68.3)
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.27%)	(0.27%)	(0.35%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.11%	0.09%	0.10%
Total net write-offs (as a percent)	(0.16%)	(0.18%)	(0.25%)
Retail notes
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (28.7)	$ (22.1)	$ (38.2)
Total recoveries	$ 7.3	$ 6.4	$ 7.8
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.15%)	(0.13%)	(0.23%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.04%	0.04%	0.05%
Retail notes | Agriculture and turf
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (8.0)	$ (6.4)	$ (17.0)
Total recoveries	$ 6.0	$ 4.7	$ 5.8
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.05%)	(0.04%)	(0.12%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.04%	0.03%	0.04%
Retail notes | Construction and forestry
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (20.7)	$ (15.7)	$ (21.2)
Total recoveries	$ 1.3	$ 1.7	$ 2.0
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.67%)	(0.57%)	(0.85%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.04%	0.06%	0.08%
Revolving charge accounts
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (56.9)	$ (54.1)	$ (52.2)
Total recoveries	$ 25.3	$ 20.0	$ 19.9
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(1.65%)	(1.67%)	(1.76%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.73%	0.62%	0.68%
Wholesale receivables
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (0.3)	$ (1.1)	$ (0.2)
Total recoveries	$ 4.1	$ 0.2
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)		(0.01%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.04%
Financing leases
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (2.4)	$ (3.9)	(5.7)
Total recoveries	$ 0.3	$ 0.8	$ 0.3
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.34%)	(0.55%)	(0.92%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.04%	0.11%	0.05%