Financial Statement creations

When using IT-Item Totals is it necessary to designate a starting point?

Did you ever get a response for this question?  I am trying to figure out how to correct totals in the financial designer.
 

You should only use item totals within groups. So you don't designate a start-point, they will automatically calculate from whatever total is above them. Do not use item totals when what you really need is a group total. Item totals are sub-totals, so they can throw your reports off if you use them as actual totals.