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Shareholder Report
 12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Document Type N-CSR
Amendment Flag false
Registrant Name Putnam Funds Trust
Entity Central Index Key 0001005942
Entity Investment Company Type N-1A
Document Period End Date Jul. 31, 2024
Class G  
Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Fund Name Putnam Short Term Investment Fund
Class Name Class G
No Trading Symbol Flag true
Annual or Semi-Annual Statement [Text Block] This annual shareholder report contains important information about Putnam Short Term Investment Fund for the period August 1, 2023, to July 31, 2024.
Shareholder Report Annual or Semi-Annual annual shareholder report
Additional Information [Text Block] You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-internalusefunds-documents. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 225-1581.
Material Fund Change Notice [Text Block]
This report describes changes to the Fund that occurred during the reporting period.
Additional Information Phone Number (800) 225-1581
Additional Information Website https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-internalusefunds-documents
Expenses [Text Block]
WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class Name
Costs of a $10,000 investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment*
Class G
$3
0.03%
[1]
Expenses Paid, Amount $ 3
Expense Ratio, Percent 0.03%
Factors Affecting Performance [Text Block]
HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?
For the twelve months ended July 31, 2024, Class G shares of Putnam Short Term Investment Fund returned 5.67%. The Fund compares its performance to the ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill Index, which returned 5.48% for the same period.  
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Top contributors to performance:
↑
Secured Overnight Financing Rate-based floating-rate securities from bank issuers
↑
Fixed-rate commercial paper and certificates of deposit in the six-month to one-year range as the pace and size of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s expected rate cuts fluctuated over the period
↑
Asset-backed commercial paper, which was backed by diverse, high-quality financial assets such as trade receivables and consumer loans
Top detractors from performance:
↓
Allocation to repurchase agreements used for liquidity management purposes
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Line Graph [Table Text Block]
image
Average Annual Return [Table Text Block]
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) Period Ended July 31, 2024
 
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
Class G
5.67
2.37
1.70
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
5.10
0.19
1.61
ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill Index
5.48
2.22
1.57
No Deduction of Taxes [Text Block] The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Updated Performance Information Location [Text Block]
For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at (800) 225-1581.
Important data provider notices and terms available at   www.franklintempletondatasources.com.
Net Assets $ 2,550,187,842
Holdings Count | $ / shares 78 [2]
Advisory Fees Paid, Amount $ 0
Investment Company Portfolio Turnover 0.00%
Additional Fund Statistics [Text Block]
KEY FUND STATISTICS (as of July 31, 2024)
Total Net Assets
$2,550,187,842
Total Number of Portfolio Holdings*
78
Total Management Fee Paid
$0
Portfolio Turnover Rate
0%
[2]
Holdings [Text Block]
image
 [3]
Material Fund Change [Text Block]
HOW HAS THE FUND CHANGED?
On May 31, 2023, Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”) and Great-West Lifeco Inc., the parent company of Putnam U.S. Holdings I, LLC (“Putnam Holdings”), announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement for a subsidiary of Franklin Resources to acquire Putnam Holdings in a stock and cash transaction (the “Transaction”). The Transaction was completed on January 1, 2024. As part of the Transaction, your Fund’s then-current investment advisor, Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, and your Fund’s sub-advisor, Putnam Investments Limited (“PIL”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, became indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources. In connection with the Transaction, shareholders of your Fund approved a new management contract with Putnam Management and a new sub-advisory contract with PIL. The new contracts are identical to the previous contracts, except for the effective dates, initial terms, updates to fund names as necessary to reflect previous name changes, and certain non-substantive changes.
Effective July 15, 2024, Putnam Management transferred its management contract for your Fund to Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin Advisers”), and Franklin Advisers replaced Putnam Management as the investment advisor to your Fund. In connection with the transfer, your Fund’s portfolio managers, along with supporting research analysts and certain other investment staff of Putnam Management, also became employees of Franklin Advisers. Putnam Management also transferred to Franklin Advisers its sub-management agreement with PIL in respect of your Fund. Franklin Advisers is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources. In addition, effective July 15, 2024, Franklin Advisors retained Putnam Management as a sub-advisor to your Fund pursuant to a new subadvisory agreement.
This is a summary of certain changes to the Fund since August 1, 2023. For more complete information, you may review the Fund’s current prospectus and any applicable supplements at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-internalusefunds-documents.
Updated Prospectus Web Address https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-internalusefunds-documents
Class P  
Shareholder Report [Line Items]  
Fund Name Putnam Short Term Investment Fund
Class Name Class P
No Trading Symbol Flag true
Annual or Semi-Annual Statement [Text Block] This annual shareholder report contains important information about Putnam Short Term Investment Fund for the period August 1, 2023, to July 31, 2024.
Shareholder Report Annual or Semi-Annual annual shareholder report
Additional Information [Text Block] You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-internalusefunds-documents. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 225-1581.
Material Fund Change Notice [Text Block]
This report describes changes to the Fund that occurred during the reporting period.
Additional Information Phone Number (800) 225-1581
Additional Information Website https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-internalusefunds-documents
Expenses [Text Block]
WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Class Name
Costs of a $10,000 investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment*
Class P
$3
0.03%
[4]
Expenses Paid, Amount $ 3
Expense Ratio, Percent 0.03%
Factors Affecting Performance [Text Block]
HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?
For the twelve months ended July 31, 2024, Class P shares of Putnam Short Term Investment Fund returned 5.67%. The Fund compares its performance to the ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill Index, which returned 5.48% for the same period.  
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Top contributors to performance:
↑
Secured Overnight Financing Rate-based floating-rate securities from bank issuers
↑
Fixed-rate commercial paper and certificates of deposit in the six-month to one-year range as the pace and size of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s expected rate cuts fluctuated over the period
↑
Asset-backed commercial paper, which was backed by diverse, high-quality financial assets such as trade receivables and consumer loans
Top detractors from performance:
↓
Allocation to repurchase agreements used for liquidity management purposes
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Line Graph [Table Text Block]
image
Average Annual Return [Table Text Block]
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) Period Ended July 31, 2024
 
1 Year
5 Year
10 Year
Class P
5.67
2.37
1.70
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
5.10
0.19
1.61
ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill Index
5.48
2.22
1.57
No Deduction of Taxes [Text Block] The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Updated Performance Information Location [Text Block]
For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at (800) 225-1581.
Important data provider notices and terms available at   www.franklintempletondatasources.com.
Net Assets $ 2,550,187,842
Holdings Count | $ / shares 78 [5]
Advisory Fees Paid, Amount $ 0
Investment Company Portfolio Turnover 0.00%
Additional Fund Statistics [Text Block]
KEY FUND STATISTICS (as of July 31, 2024)
Total Net Assets
$2,550,187,842
Total Number of Portfolio Holdings*
78
Total Management Fee Paid
$0
Portfolio Turnover Rate
0%
[5]
Holdings [Text Block]
image
 [6]
Material Fund Change [Text Block]
HOW HAS THE FUND CHANGED?
On May 31, 2023, Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”) and Great-West Lifeco Inc., the parent company of Putnam U.S. Holdings I, LLC (“Putnam Holdings”), announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement for a subsidiary of Franklin Resources to acquire Putnam Holdings in a stock and cash transaction (the “Transaction”). The Transaction was completed on January 1, 2024. As part of the Transaction, your Fund’s then-current investment advisor, Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, and your Fund’s sub-advisor, Putnam Investments Limited (“PIL”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings, became indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources. In connection with the Transaction, shareholders of your Fund approved a new management contract with Putnam Management and a new sub-advisory contract with PIL. The new contracts are identical to the previous contracts, except for the effective dates, initial terms, updates to fund names as necessary to reflect previous name changes, and certain non-substantive changes.
Effective July 15, 2024, Putnam Management transferred its management contract for your Fund to Franklin Advisers, Inc. (“Franklin Advisers”), and Franklin Advisers replaced Putnam Management as the investment advisor to your Fund. In connection with the transfer, your Fund’s portfolio managers, along with supporting research analysts and certain other investment staff of Putnam Management, also became employees of Franklin Advisers. Putnam Management also transferred to Franklin Advisers its sub-management agreement with PIL in respect of your Fund. Franklin Advisers is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources. In addition, effective July 15, 2024, Franklin Advisors retained Putnam Management as a sub-advisor to your Fund pursuant to a new subadvisory agreement.
This is a summary of certain changes to the Fund since August 1, 2023. For more complete information, you may review the Fund’s current prospectus and any applicable supplements at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-internalusefunds-documents.
Updated Prospectus Web Address https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-internalusefunds-documents
[1]
* Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which expenses would have been higher.
[2]
* Includes derivatives, if applicable.
[3]
Cash and Equivalents, if any, represent the market value weights of cash and other unclassified assets in the portfolio and may show a negative market value percentage as a result of the timing of trade-date and settlement-date transactions. Holdings and allocations may vary over time.
[4]
* Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which expenses would have been higher.
[5]
* Includes derivatives, if applicable.
[6]
Cash and Equivalents, if any, represent the market value weights of cash and other unclassified assets in the portfolio and may show a negative market value percentage as a result of the timing of trade-date and settlement-date transactions. Holdings and allocations may vary over time.