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Capital Stock (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Apr. 25, 2015 | Apr. 26, 2014 | Jul. 26, 2014 | Aug. 27, 2013
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of Shares Repurchased | 763,768us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares |  | 360,900us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares |
Average Price Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ 40.18dy_AveragePricePerShareRepurchaseOfCommonStock |  | $ 27.71dy_AveragePricePerShareRepurchaseOfCommonStock |
Total Consideration (Dollars in thousands) | $ 30,687,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock | $ 9,999,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock | $ 10,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock |
Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation | 138,535us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation | 130,195us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation |  |
Value of Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation | 4,300,000dy_ValueofSharesPaidforTaxWithholdingforShareBasedCompensation | 3,600,000dy_ValueofSharesPaidforTaxWithholdingforShareBasedCompensation |  |
Common Stock |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Remaining authorized repurchase amount | 26,500,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1 / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonStockMember |  |  |
Common stock authorized repurchase amount |  |  |  | $ 40,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonStockMember

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- Definition Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 29, 30 -Article 5 + Details
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