36 NESMA列表中的列表 案例

36 LISTS WITHIN LISTS（列表中的列表）

问题描述

存在一个过程，显示用于审计目的的客户数据概览。设计如下：

应该计算多少个外部输出？

讨论

规则8.2.g规定，输出产品可以包括多个外部输出。当：

• 输出产品包含不同的逻辑布局，可以单独检索这些逻辑布局，或者
• 输出产品包含不同的逻辑布局，这些布局是通过不同的逻辑处理方式建立的，并且为了便于使用而组合在一起。

该规则还对单个逻辑过程规定了以下内容：“当不同部分报告不同对象时，或当它们是其他逻辑文件的结果时。”在这种情况下，不存在单独检索的问题。因此第一个条件不适用。

第二种情况可能不同。关于订单的列表部分与关于发票的列表部分来自不同的逻辑文件。这将导致计算两个外部产出，一个是订单报告，另一个是发票报告。

在决定对一个或两个外部输出进行计数时，应考虑到第二个子句包含情况：“结合为了容易使用”。规则8.2.g并不是一个将输出产品拆分为单个产品的许可证，因为输出产品的不同部分是从不同的逻辑文件中检索的。规则8.2.g的第二个条件涉及一种情况，即应被视为基本功能的输出产品出于实际目的呈现在一个输出产品（纸或屏幕）上。

在本例中，概述旨在获得客户（债务）状况的概述，以便进行审计：订单数量、未付发票数量。这是一个明确的目的。重点是客户对概述的所有部分。必须处理多个逻辑文件或对象来描述客户位置这一事实并不会导致因此而有多个外部输出的结论。

答案

计算一个外部输出

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Problem description

A process exists that shows an overview of customer data for audit purposes. The overview has the following lay-out:

How many external outputs should be counted?

Discussion

Rule 8.2.g states that an output product can comprise several external outputs. That is the case when:

• the output product contains different logical layouts and these logical layouts can be retrieved individually, or
• the output product contains different logical layouts that have been established by different logical ways of processing and are combined for ease-of-use.

The rule also states the following on individual logical processes: “when the different parts report about a different object or when they come about as a result of other logical files.” In this case there is no question of individual retrieval. So the first condition does not apply.

It may be different for the second condition. The part of the list about orders comes from a different logical file than the part of the list about invoices. This would lead to the counting of two external outputs, one report on orders and one on invoices.

In the decision to count one or two external outputs, one should consider that the second clause contains the condition: “and are combined for ease-of-use”. Rule 8.2.g is not a license to split up output products that are meant as one single product purely because the different parts of the output product are retrieved from different logical files. The second condition of rule 8.2.g concerns a situation in which output products that should be considered as elementary functions are presented onto one output product (paper or screen) for practical purposes.

In this example the overview is meant to get an overview of the (debt)position of a customer for audit purposes: this amount of orders, this amount of outstanding invoices. That is one unambiguous purpose. The point of view is the customer for all parts of the overview. The fact that multiple logical files or objects must be addressed to describe the customer position does not lead to the conclusion that there are multiple external outputs for that reason.

Solution

Count one external output.