Continuing operations and reported as discontinued operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |
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Oct. 31, 2018 |
Oct. 31, 2017 |
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| Major line items constituting pretax income from discontinued operations: | ||
| Pretax income from discontinued operations | $ 221 | $ 168 |
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (41) | 72 |
| Comnet Telecom [Member] | ||
| Major line items constituting pretax income from discontinued operations: | ||
| Net sales | 8,343 | 7,981 |
| Cost of sales | (6,199) | (6,246) |
| Gross profit | 2,144 | 1,735 |
| Selling, general and administrative expense | (1,569) | (1,567) |
| Pretax income from discontinued operations | 575 | 168 |
| Pretax loss on sale of Comnet | (796) | 0 |
| Total pretax income (loss) from discontinued operations | (221) | 168 |
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (41) | 72 |
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations | $ (180) | $ 96 |
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- Definition Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Before Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract] No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of loss on sale of comnet before income tax No definition available.
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- Definition Amount before tax of an increase (decrease) to a gain (loss) previously reported in discontinued operations in a prior period. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before tax of income (loss) from a discontinued operation. Includes, but is not limited to, the income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, gain (loss) for reversal of write-down (write-down) to fair value, less cost to sell, and adjustments to a prior period gain (loss) on disposal. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of tax expense (benefit) related to a discontinued operation. Includes, but is not limited to, tax expense (benefit) related to income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, tax expense (benefit) related to gain (loss) on disposal, tax expense (benefit) related to gain (loss) for reversal of write-down (write-down) to fair value, less cost to sell, and tax expense (benefit) related to adjustments of a prior period gain (loss) on disposal. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of costs of goods sold attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of general and administrative expense attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of gross profit attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of revenue attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount after tax of income (loss) from a discontinued operation including the portion attributable to the noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, the income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, gain (loss) for reversal of write-down (write-down) to fair value, less cost to sell, and adjustments to a prior period gain (loss) on disposal. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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