I'd like to put some info on the footer of each page, such as date of execution (which I found in Global Variables) and username for the user running the report - this is where I am having trouble.
I'm using object data sources for my reports. I tried creating a secondary "report info" object data source and pulling the userID from that and placing it in the page footer, but the field was not displayed when the report was run. The field did display fine if I placed it in the body of the report.
Do I need to use the report parameters to display info in page headers/footers? In addition to user ID, I'd like to include some info such as the parameters that were chosen by the user (in my application, which triggered the generation of the report).
I was somewhat confused by the documentation regarding parameters inside the reports and what exactly they would be used for.
Hi,
V1 will be shipped with 2011.2, which is scheduled for early Q4.
Thanks,
Leo
Thanks Leo. I'm looking forward to the final product. Any timeline on v1?
You should be able to display data in the page footer / header, so your approach of defining it in the datasource is the correct one. There is a bug in CTP2 that don’t allow you to do so, but it will be fixed for v1.
Parameters have many usage scenarios, like filtering data sources or altering the report behavior based on the user input, but you could also use them for what you are trying to achieve.
We will review how parameters are explained in the documentation.
Thanks for your feedback.
--Leo