Goodwill and Other Intangibles - Changes in Net Carrying Value of Goodwill (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 2,988	$ 2,622
Retail Solutions move to EVM segment, effective January 1, 2021	0
Foreign exchange impact	(1)	1
Ending balance	3,265	2,988
Reflexis acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition		364
Reflexis purchase price allocation adjustments	(7)
Reflexis purchase price reduction	(1)
Temptime Corporation
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Reflexis purchase price allocation adjustments		1
Antuit acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	105
Fetch acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	174
Adaptive Vision acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	7
AIT
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	228	227
Retail Solutions move to EVM segment, effective January 1, 2021	(59)
Foreign exchange impact	0	0
Ending balance	169	228
AIT \| Reflexis acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition		0
Reflexis purchase price allocation adjustments	0
Reflexis purchase price reduction	0
AIT \| Temptime Corporation
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Reflexis purchase price allocation adjustments		1
AIT \| Antuit acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	0
AIT \| Fetch acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	0
AIT \| Adaptive Vision acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	0
EVM
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	2,760	2,395
Retail Solutions move to EVM segment, effective January 1, 2021	59
Foreign exchange impact	(1)	1
Ending balance	3,096	2,760
EVM \| Reflexis acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition		364
Reflexis purchase price allocation adjustments	(7)
Reflexis purchase price reduction	(1)
EVM \| Temptime Corporation
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Reflexis purchase price allocation adjustments		$ 0
EVM \| Antuit acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	105
EVM \| Fetch acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	174
EVM \| Adaptive Vision acquisition
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill on acquisition	$ 7

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