Colors and asterisks in Report Painter

Hello,
I have a question, I am not FI so I experience some difficulties in the Report Painter. I had to add a new item and I assigned the account numbers as well. But somehow the item is shown in red letters and with an asterisk on blue ground (the other entries are black letters with an asterisc on yellow ground). I don´t know if there is some setting missing, or if it is just alright like this? Can anybody help me out, please?
Thank you very much,
Dominik Ley
Chile

You need not worry on the colors. This may not be readily conveying any meaning. The proof of the report is in the data integrity. You can test the report with parameters that will ouput less records, and pass it then to the users for testing.

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