Commitments and Contingencies (Schedule of Other Commitments) (Details) (Acquisition, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jan. 24, 2015	Jan. 25, 2014	Jan. 24, 2015	Jan. 25, 2014
Acquisition
Contingency [Line Items]
Compensation expense related to acquisitions	$ 94	$ 106	$ 192	$ 410

Expenditures for salaries other than officers. Does not include allocated share-based compensation, pension and post-retirement benefit expense or other labor-related non-salary expense. For commercial and industrial companies, excludes any direct and overhead labor that is included in cost of goods sold.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4)

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