Impact of Adopting Topic 606 4 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Revenue:
Total revenue	$ 895	$ 1,034	$ 1,833	$ 2,059
Professional Services
Revenue:
Total revenue	71	75	139	150
Topic 605
Revenue:
Total revenue	1,045	1,034	2,097	2,059
Topic 605 \| Subscription and Maintenance
Revenue:
Total revenue	829	826	1,667	1,643
Topic 605 \| Professional Services
Revenue:
Total revenue	74	75	148	150
Topic 605 \| Software Fees and Other
Revenue:
Total revenue	$ 142	$ 133	$ 282	$ 266

Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109196051&loc=SL49130543-203045

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109196051&loc=SL49130539-203045

Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109196051&loc=SL49130545-203045

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