Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information - Valuation of Employee Share-Based Awards (Details) - 2005 Plan	12 Months Ended
Jul. 27, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award requisite service period	3 years
Performance base and Market base RSU
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
PRSU allocation between Financial operating goals and TSR	50.00%
PRSU based on TSR \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	0.00%
PRSU based on TSR \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	150.00%
PRSU based on financial performance metrics \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	0.00%
PRSU based on financial performance metrics \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	150.00%
PRSU based on nonfinancial operating goals \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	0.00%
PRSU based on nonfinancial operating goals \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	100.00%

PRSU allocation between Financial operating goals and TSR (in percentage)

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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