Expense Examplel (Invesco Van Kampen Real Estate Securities Fund, Class Institutional, Invesco Van Kampen Real Estate Securities Fund, USD $)	12 Months Ended
May 02, 2011
Invesco Van Kampen Real Estate Securities Fund \| Class Institutional, Invesco Van Kampen Real Estate Securities Fund
Example
Expense Example, By Year, Column [Text]	Institutional Class
1 Year	$ 101
3 Years	315
5 Years	547
10 Years	$ 1,213

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The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then you redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return per year and that the Fund's operating expenses remained the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower.

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