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In period

In Period mode, the first column

after properties

after the Properties column(s) shows the

total for

total value for the selected

periods

period. This makes sense for streams that have cumulative data, such as

'sales invoices',

Sales Invoices but in streams that hold a snapshot of data showing the variance over time, such as

'stock

Stock on

hand'

Hand, the total is meaningless.

On this type of stream

For these types of streams, you can display the period total as an average, rather than a sum of the periods

, via Options > Totals as average. This does not change the first 'totals' row of the view, just the totals column.The screen shots below show the effect of using Totals as average view. In the first image, the 'Total'

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For example, in the image below, the Total Value column displays the cumulative value of three month's worth of sales.

In the second image, the totals column

This is the typical (default) view.

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When you click Options > Totals as Average, that total column now displays the average of those sales, which is reflected in the new column header.

Typical view

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Totals as average view

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Note that the values in the TOTAL row of the period columns are not changed, just the values in the total column.

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Show total as average

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