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Tutorial 5: Reports 109
Adding a Footer
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Click Save in the dialog.
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Select Header from the Function drop-down.
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Select the header and click the Move Up ( ) button to place the
component as the first view.
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Click Save on the bar containing the tabs to save Hosts Summary Report T5.
Adding a Footer
You saw how to add items to all three places in the header, and the footer component is
simpler. To demonstrate how to use the report’s pageNumber built-in context, you will
place a page number at the bottom-center of the page.
To create the Footer component:
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Follow the procedure for adding a header, making these changes:
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Type Footer: Page Number T5 in the Name field.
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Enter Footer for Hosts Summary Report T5 in both the Comments and the
Context Help text fields.
To set the context:
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Select the Context tab.
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Click the Add Context Input button ( ) in the Inputs group.
A new row appears.
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Click on the new row to launch the Edit dialog.
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Type pageNumber in the Key field.
This is the context you set in the parent report.
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Ensure that Usage is Required.
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Set Data Source Type to Common.
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In the drop-down, set Data Type to Integer.
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Leave List set to False.
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In the dialog, click Save.