Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Operating activities from continuing operations:
Net income	$ 473	$ 575
Income from discontinued operations	(26)	(14)
Income from continuing operations	447	561
Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	210	208
Deferred income taxes	(49)	(59)
Provision for bad debts	1	5
Share-based compensation expense	42	40
Asset impairments and other non-cash items	0	4
Foreign currency transaction losses	3	2
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:
Decrease in trade accounts receivable	263	259
Decrease in deferred revenue	(497)	(580)
Decrease in taxes payable, net	(42)	(270)
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other	(22)	12
Decrease in accrued salaries, wages and commissions	(79)	(71)
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities	(45)	(35)
Net cash provided by operating activities - continuing operations	232	76
Investing activities from continuing operations:
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired, and purchased software	(12)	(125)
Purchases of property and equipment	(34)	(35)
Capitalized software development costs	0	(35)
Purchases of short-term investments	0	(9)
Maturities of short-term investments	0	184
Net cash used in investing activities - continuing operations	(46)	(20)
Financing activities from continuing operations:
Dividends paid	(222)	(228)
Purchases of common stock	(50)	(200)
Notional pooling borrowings	2,703	1,609
Notional pooling repayments	(2,647)	(1,639)
Debt borrowings	0	498
Debt repayments	(5)	(8)
Debt issuance costs	0	(4)
Exercise of common stock options and other	14	55
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities - continuing operations	(207)	83
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(185)	36
Net change in cash and cash equivalents - continuing operations	(206)	175
Cash (used in) provided by operating activities - discontinued operations	(23)	22
Cash provided by investing activities - discontinued operations	170	0
Net effect of discontinued operations on cash and cash equivalents	147	22
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(59)	197
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	3,252	2,593
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 3,193	$ 2,790