You can use black-and-white symbols for basic or advanced calculations.
You can use color icons for basic or advanced calculations.
A symbol or icon will appear in an SAP List View (ALV) or ABAP List SAP query report but will not carry over to Microsoft applications.
The manner in which a symbol or icon appears on a printed report varies based on the printer.
SAP offers several dozen symbols to choose from.
SAP offers several hundred icons to choose from.
In using symbols and icons when certain conditions are met, best practice is to output them in the first or last column of a report so that they call attention to that line in the report.