---
title: "Creating and Configuring Total Lines"
description: "Total lines are items whose values are based on the total of all items of the same level above the totals item."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/consolidation-financial-planning/report-analyze/elements-ledgers-schedules/create-configure-total-lines
language: en
last_updated: 2023-08-16
---
# Creating and Configuring Total Lines

## Overview

Total lines are [items](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#item) whose values are based on the total of all items of the same level above the totals item.

## Creating a Total Line

Total lines can be created in [ledgers](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#ledger) and [schedules](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#schedule) from the context menu of items and the context menu of the root folder:

To create a total line:

{% stepper %}
{% stepper-step %}
Open the ledger ([general ledger](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#general-ledger), [subledger](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#subledger), or [statistical ledger](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#statistical-ledger)) and navigate to the item or root folder under which you want to create the total line.

{% /stepper-step %}
{% stepper-step %}
Right-click the item or root folder and choose **Create | Total line** from the context menu.

Creating a total line at an item

Creating a total line in the root folder

{% /stepper-step %}
{% /stepper %}
## Configuring Total Lines

The following options are available in the **Create Total Line** dialog:

### General

'Create Total Line' dialog

### Description

**Type**

Element type

**Name**

Name of the total line

**Calculate subtotal until previous total line**

Calculates only the total up to the previous total line

**Formatting**

Formatting options for display:

**Font color, background color**, and if the element is to be **formatted bold**.

### Attributes

Attributes

### Description

**Attributes** are used to define multilingual or customer-specific names for Lucanet elements.

The **Attributes** tab displays all attributes that have been defined in the [Attributes](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/consolidation-financial-planning/basic-configuration-cfp/configuring-attributes.md) workspace and are enabled for this dimension.

You can edit the value of an attribute by opening the element's edit mode and clicking on the corresponding row in the **Value** column.