Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Write-offs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021	Nov. 01, 2020	Nov. 03, 2019
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (64.8)	$ (101.6)	$ (88.3)
Total recoveries	47.1	37.2	37.0
Total net write-offs	$ (17.7)	$ (64.4)	$ (51.3)
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.19%)	(0.31%)	(0.27%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.14%	0.11%	0.11%
Total net write-offs (as a percent)	(0.05%)	(0.20%)	(0.16%)
Retail Notes and Financing Leases
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (36.7)	$ (49.1)	$ (31.1)
Total recoveries	$ 11.6	$ 6.4	$ 7.6
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.15%)	(0.24%)	(0.15%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.05%	0.03%	0.04%
Retail Notes and Financing Leases | Agriculture and turf
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (18.6)	$ (15.2)	$ (9.9)
Total recoveries	$ 9.2	$ 4.6	$ 6.1
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.09%)	(0.09%)	(0.06%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.05%	0.03%	0.04%
Retail Notes and Financing Leases | Construction and forestry
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (18.1)	$ (33.9)	$ (21.2)
Total recoveries	$ 2.4	$ 1.8	$ 1.5
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.42%)	(0.94%)	(0.65%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%
Revolving charge accounts
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (27.8)	$ (51.6)	$ (56.9)
Total recoveries	$ 35.5	$ 29.5	$ 25.3
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.85%)	(1.51%)	(1.65%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	1.08%	0.86%	0.73%
Wholesale Receivables
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (0.3)	$ (0.9)	$ (0.3)
Total recoveries		$ 1.3	$ 4.1
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)		(0.01%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)		0.02%	0.04%