2.4.0.8020000 - Document - Risk/Return Summary {Unlabeled} - Dreyfus Global Absolute Return Fundfalsefalsetrue1false falsefalseS000019932Memberhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000914775duration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:001false 0truefalsetruefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00Dreyfus Global Absolute Return Fundfalsefalsefalse1false truefalseS000019932Memberhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000914775duration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00falsefalseck0000914775_S000019932Memberdei_LegalEntityAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_S000019932Memberdei_LegalEntityAxisexplicitMembernanafalse0Dreyfus Global Absolute Return Fund2false 4rr_RiskReturnHeadingrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00Fund Summaryfalsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringRisk/Return Summary Investment Objectives/Goals Include the following information, in plain English under rule 421(d) under the Securities Act, in the order and subject matter indicatedReference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 2 false0Risk/Return [Heading]3false 4rr_ObjectiveHeadingrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00Investment Objectivefalsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringInvestment Objectives/Goals. Disclose the Fund's investment objectives or goals. A Fund also may identify its type or category (e.g., that it is a Money Market Fund or a balanced fund).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 2 -Subsection a false0Objective [Heading]4false 4rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlockrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00 The fund seeks total return. falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaInvestment Objectives/Goals. Disclose the Fund's investment objectives or goals. A Fund also may identify its type or category (e.g., that it is a Money Market Fund or a balanced fund).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 2 -Subsection a false0Objective, Primary [Text Block]5false 4rr_ExpenseHeadingrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00Fees and Expensesfalsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringRisk/Return Summary Fee Table Includes the following information, in plain English under rule 421(d) under the Securities Act, after Item 2 Fees and expenses of the Fund This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shared of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $[_____] in [name of fund family] funds. Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Example This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. 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, based on these assumptions your costs would be You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends [and other distributions]. If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher. Portfolio Turnover The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was __% of the average value of its whole portfolio. Instructions. A.3.instructions.6 New Funds. For purposes of this Item, a "New Fund" is a Fund that does not include in Form N-1A financial statements reporting operating results or that includes financial statements for the Fund's initial fiscal year reporting operating results for a period of 6 months or less. The following Instructions apply to New Funds.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 3 -Subsection instructions -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph d false0Expense [Heading]6false 4rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlockrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00 This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the Shareholder Guide section beginning on page 10 of this prospectus and in the How to Buy Shares section and the Additional Information About How to Buy Shares section beginning on page II-1 and page III-1, respectively, of the fund's Statement of Additional Information. falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThis table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shared of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $[_____] in [name of fund family] funds. Include the narrative explanations in the order indicated. A Fund may modify the narrative explanations if the explanation contains comparable information to that shown. The narrative explanation regarding sales charge discounts is only required by a Fund that offers such discounts and should specify the minimum level of investment required to qualify for a discount. Modify the narrative explanation to state that Fund shares are sold on a national securities exchange at the end of the time periods indicated, and that brokerage commissions for buying and selling Fund shares through a broker are not reflected.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 3 -Subsection instructions -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph b false0Expense Narrative [Text Block]7false 4rr_ShareholderFeesCaptionrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringShareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 3 -Subsection table -Paragraph 1 false0Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]8false 4rr_ShareholderFeesTableTextBlockrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00~ http://dreyfus.com/20130625/role/ScheduleShareholderFees20001 column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact ck0000914775_S000019932Member row primary compact * ~falsefalse~ http://dreyfus.com/20130625/role/ScheduleShareholderFees20001 column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact ck0000914775_S000019932Member row primary compact * ~falsehttp://dreyfus.com/20130625/role/ScheduleShareholderFees20001020001 - Schedule - Shareholder Feestruefalsefalse1falseColumnperiodPeriod*Columndei_LegalEntityAxisAxisck0000914775_S000019932MemberColumnrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisAxis*ColumnunitUnit*duration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00falsefalseDreyfus Global Absolute Return Funddei_LegalEntityAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_S000019932Memberdei_LegalEntityAxisexplicitMemberfalsefalseClass Arr_ProspectusShareClassAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_C000055938Memberrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisexplicitMemberDreyfus Global Absolute Return FundClass ApureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0Standard0 USDfalsefalseduration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00$2falseColumnperiodPeriod*Columndei_LegalEntityAxisAxisck0000914775_S000019932MemberColumnrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisAxis*ColumnunitUnit*duration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00falsefalseDreyfus Global Absolute Return Funddei_LegalEntityAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_S000019932Memberdei_LegalEntityAxisexplicitMemberfalsefalseClass Crr_ProspectusShareClassAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_C000055939Memberrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisexplicitMemberDreyfus Global Absolute Return FundClass CpureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0Standard0 USDfalsefalseduration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00$3falseColumnperiodPeriod*Columndei_LegalEntityAxisAxisck0000914775_S000019932MemberColumnrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisAxis*ColumnunitUnit*duration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00falsefalseDreyfus Global Absolute Return Funddei_LegalEntityAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_S000019932Memberdei_LegalEntityAxisexplicitMemberfalsefalseClass Irr_ProspectusShareClassAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_C000055940Memberrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisexplicitMemberDreyfus Global Absolute Return FundClass IpureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0Standard0 USDfalsefalseduration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00$4falseColumnperiodPeriod*Columndei_LegalEntityAxisAxisck0000914775_S000019932MemberColumnrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisAxis*ColumnunitUnit*duration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00falsefalseDreyfus Global Absolute Return Funddei_LegalEntityAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_S000019932Memberdei_LegalEntityAxisexplicitMemberfalsefalseClass Yrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisxbrldihttp://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldick0000914775_C000130430Memberrr_ProspectusShareClassAxisexplicitMemberDreyfus Global Absolute Return FundClass YpureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0Standard0 USDfalsefalseduration2012-08-31T00:00:002012-08-31T00:00:00$1falseRowprimaryElement*3false 4rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPricerr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalselabelrr:NonNegativePure4TypepureMaximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of ____) A.3.instructions.2.a.i "Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)" includes the maximum total deferred sales charge (load) payable upon redemption, in installments, or both, expressed as a percentage of the amount or amounts stated in response to Item 7(a), except that, for a sales charge (load) based on net asset value at the time of purchase, show the sales charge (load) as a percentage of the offering price at the time of purchase. 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Under an appropriate caption or a subcaption of "Other Expenses," disclose the amount of any distribution or similar expenses deducted from the Fund's assets other than pursuant to a rule 12b-1 plan.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 3 -Subsection table -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph 9 false0Distribution (12b-1) fees 0rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssetsrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalselabel1truetruetrue0.00000.0000falsefalsefalse2truetruetrue0.00750.0075falsefalsefalse3truetruetrue0.00000.0000falsefalsefalse4truetruetrue0.00000.0000falsefalsefalserr:NonNegativePure4TypepureDistribution [and/or Service] (12b-1) Fees" include all distribution or other expenses incurred during the most recent fiscal year under a plan adopted pursuant to rule 12b-1 [17 CFR 270.12b-1]. Under an appropriate caption or a subcaption of "Other Expenses," disclose the amount of any distribution or similar expenses deducted from the Fund's assets other than pursuant to a rule 12b-1 plan.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 3 -Subsection table -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph 9 false0Distribution (12b-1) fees3falseRowprimaryElement*5false 4rr_OtherExpensesOverAssetsrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalselabelrr:NonNegativePure4Typepure"Other Expenses" include all expenses not otherwise disclosed in the table that are deducted from the Fund's assets or charged to all shareholder accounts. The amount of expenses deducted from the Fund's assets are the amounts shown as expenses in the Fund's statement of operations (including increases resulting from complying with paragraph 2(g) of rule 6-07 of Regulation S-X [17 CFR 210.6-07]). "Other Expenses" do not include extraordinary expenses as determined under generally accepted accounting principles (see Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30). 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The amount of expenses deducted from the Fund's assets are the amounts shown as expenses in the Fund's statement of operations (including increases resulting from complying with paragraph 2(g) of rule 6-07 of Regulation S-X [17 CFR 210.6-07]). "Other Expenses" do not include extraordinary expenses as determined under generally accepted accounting principles (see Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30). 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If the prospectus offers more than one Class of a Multiple Class Fund or more than one Feeder Fund that invests in the same Master Fund, provide a separate response for each Class or Feeder Fund. Base the percentages of "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" on amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year, but include in expenses amounts that would have been incurred absent expense reimbursement or fee waiver arrangements. 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In a footnote to the fee table, state that the table and Example reflect the expenses of both the Feeder and Master Funds. If the prospectus offers more than one Class of a Multiple Class Fund or more than one Feeder Fund that invests in the same Master Fund, provide a separate response for each Class or Feeder Fund. Base the percentages of "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" on amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year, but include in expenses amounts that would have been incurred absent expense reimbursement or fee waiver arrangements. 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If there were expense reimbursement or fee waiver arrangements that reduced any Fund operating expenses and will continue to reduce them for no less than one year from the effective date of the Fund's registration statement, a Fund may add two captions to the table one caption showing the amount of the expense reimbursement or fee waiver, and a second caption showing the Fund's net expenses after subtracting the fee reimbursement or expense waiver from the total fund operating expenses. The Fund should place these additional captions directly below the "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses" caption of the table and should use appropriate descriptive captions, such as "Fee Waiver [and/or Expense Reimbursement]" and "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver [and/or Expense Reimbursement]," respectively. 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Because the fund allocates its investments among different asset classes, the fund is subject to correlation risk. · Risks of stock investing. Stocks generally fluctuate more in value than bonds and may decline significantly over short time periods. There is the chance that stock prices overall will decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and falling prices. The market value of a stock may decline due to general weakness in the stock market or because of factors that affect the company or its particular industry. · Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a bond, can cause a bond's price to fall, potentially lowering the fund's share price. The lower a bond's credit rating, the greater the chance – in the rating agency's opinion – that the bond issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. · Interest rate risk. Prices of bonds tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect bond prices and, accordingly, the fund's share price. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the fund's fixed-income portfolio, the more the fund's share price is likely to react to interest rates. For example, the market price of a fixed-income security with a duration of three years would be expected to decline 3% if interest rates rose 1%. Conversely, the market price of the same security would be expected to increase 3% if interest rates fell 1%. · Foreign investment risk. To the extent the fund invests in foreign securities, the fund's performance will be influenced by political, social and economic factors affecting investments in foreign issuers. Special risks associated with investments in foreign issuers include exposure to currency fluctuations, less liquidity, less developed or less efficient trading markets, lack of comprehensive company information, political and economic instability and differing auditing and legal standards. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that such currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar and affect the value of these investments held by the fund. · Foreign currency risk. Investments in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedged positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline relative to the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Foreign currencies are also subject to risks caused by inflation, interest rates, budget deficits and low savings rates, political factors and government intervention and controls. · Derivatives risk. A small investment in derivatives could have a potentially large impact on the fund's performance. The use of derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets. Derivatives can be highly volatile, illiquid and difficult to value. Certain types of derivatives, including swaps, forward contracts, over-the-counter options and certain hybrid instruments, involve greater risks than the underlying obligations because, in addition to general market risks, they are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, credit risk and pricing risk. · Short sale risk. The fund may make short sales, which involves selling a security it does not own in anticipation that the security's price will decline. Short sales expose the fund to the risk that it will be required to buy the security sold short (also known as "covering" the short position) at a time when the security has appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the fund. · Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund's share price may fall dramatically. Investments in foreign securities tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk than domestic securities. · Non-diversification risk. The fund is non-diversified, which means that the fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers. 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If a Multiple Class Fund offers a Class in the prospectus that converts into another Class after a stated period, compute average annual total returns in the table by using the returns of the other Class for the period after conversion.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Form -Number N-1A -Chapter A -Section 4 -Subsection b -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph instructions -Clause 5 false0Caption28false 4rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlockrr_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00 After-tax performance is shown only for Class A shares. After-tax performance of the fund's other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. 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