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I understand that a confirmation message on a UI is counted as a Data Element Type (DET). What if my confirmation message is an alert box on a UI plus an email confirmation.

Should i count it as 1 DET or 2 DETs

Thanks

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I'm pretty sure it counts as 2 DET's since I can't think of a way it could be seen as a single one:

  • the user is notified in two completly different ways.
  • the software needs to check both confirmations, the input actually consits of two data elements.
  • According to this a DET is to decide if this data element is required and this can possibly differ.

But I'm not an IT professor, this is only the logical value.

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  • I agree. A UI Confirmation (alone) would be counted as a DET. An email confirmation (alone) would be counted as a DET. Therefore using both counts as two. BTW, for what it's worth I have taught computer science course so I guess I am an IT Professor. :-) – Patrick O'Hara May 08 '14 at 14:52
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It should definitely count as 2 DETs. The UI alert box is a different feature from the email confirmation.

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