Financing Receivables - Additional Information (Details)	9 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2023
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Lease receivables terms, on average	4 years
Threshold for past due receivables	31 days
Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan receivables term, on average	1 year
Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan receivables term, on average	3 years

Term of loan receivable arrangement.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Threshold period for when financing receivable is considered past due, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Excludes threshold period past due to write off as uncollectible.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 14
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255953&loc=SL82919253-210447

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- Definition

Term of lessor's sales-type lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124258985&loc=SL77919359-209981

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