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Debt Instrument, Covenant, EBITDA To Annual Interest Expense Ratio, Minimum

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Amount of cash paid for interest, excluding capitalized interest, classified as operating activity. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Current Liabilities - Additional Information (Details)			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Current Liabilities - Additional Information (Details)	Feb. 01, 2021 USD ($)	May 02, 2019 USD ($) extension	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments under revolving credit facility				$ 1,000,000,000	$ 0	$ 0
Interest paid				30,000,000	14,000,000	17,000,000
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest paid				1,000,000	2,000,000	0
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest paid				2,000,000	$ 9,000,000	$ 15,000,000
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 1,400,000,000
Debt instrument, covenant, debt To EBITDA ratio, maximum		3.25
Debt instrument, covenant, EBITDA to annual interest expense ratio, minimum		3.00
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility		$ 1,000,000,000
Revolving credit facility, increase limit		$ 250,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity date extension \| extension		2
Repayments under revolving credit facility			$ 1,000,000,000
Fair value of amount outstanding				$ 0
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.00%
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.10%
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		0.69%
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		1.10%
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of short-term debt	$ 325,000,000
Term loan, increase limit		$ 400,000,000
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.00%
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.125%
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.625%
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.125%
Amendment To Master Credit Agreement \| Unsecured Debt \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 400,000,000