# Autocalculate margin & gross margin

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/autocalculate-margin-gross-margin/12948>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** reports, object\
**Created:** [February 12, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/autocalculate-margin-gross-margin/12948 "2019-02-12T11:47:05Z")\
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Hi @ethankopit it is useful, but very limited, unfortunately. When it’s on the line item objects, we cannot use it for any other calculations (I need to create additional properties based on that number).

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