Comprehensive+Example

=Comprehensive Example= The comprehensive example combines all of the business use cases into one example. The purpose of the comprehensive example is to be sure that the metapatterns used in the business use cases interact correctly, in other words to be sure that the complete report has integrity. The metapatterns and business use cases are small, easier to understand, but isolated examples.

All the pieces which make up the comprehensive example can be found here. The narrative below walks you through the comprehensive example. There is a lot more there to explore than what is being pointed out in the following narrative.

Consider what a typical financial statement looks like today. That financial statement is intended to "look" enough like a financial statement to be understandable, but the real focus is on the modeling of the information, not on following US GAAP or IFRS or some other financial reporting scheme. So, don't make the mistake of getting obsessed with the financial reporting rules, focus on the modeling of the information.