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reporting-for-web/articles/report-designer/add-extra-information/display-the-current-date-and-time-in-a-report.md

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Do the following to include information about the current date and time into a report:
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1. Typically, the current date and time are displayed within the [Report Header](../introduction-to-banded-reports.md) band. To add it to the report, click **Insert Report Header Band** in the **Actions** category.
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1. The current date and time are usually displayed in the [Report Header](../introduction-to-banded-reports.md) band. To add it to the report, click **Insert Report Header Band** in the context menu.
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![](../../../images/eurd-web-insert-datetime-add-reportheader-band.png)
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![](../../../images/eurd-web-shaping-insert-report-header.png)
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2. Drop the [PageInfo](../use-report-elements/use-basic-report-controls/page-info.md) control from the [Toolbox](../report-designer-tools/toolbox.md) onto the **Report Header** band.
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reporting-for-web/articles/report-designer/add-extra-information/display-the-user-name-in-a-report.md

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1. Typically, the user name is displayed within the [Report Header](../introduction-to-banded-reports.md) band. To add it to the report, click **Insert Report Header Band** in the **Actions** category.
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1. The user name is usually displayed in the [Report Header](../introduction-to-banded-reports.md) band. To add it to the report, click **Insert Report Header Band** in the context menu.
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2. Drop the [PageInfo](../use-report-elements/use-basic-report-controls/page-info.md) control from the [Toolbox](../report-designer-tools/toolbox.md) onto the **Report Header** band.
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reporting-for-web/articles/report-designer/add-navigation/add-page-numbers.md

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## <a name="numbers"></a>Add Page Numbers
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- Create a [PageFooterBand](../introduction-to-banded-reports.md) in your report. To do this, click **Insert Page Footer Band** in the **Actions** category.
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- Create a [PageFooterBand](../introduction-to-banded-reports.md) in your report. To do this, select **Insert Page Footer Band** in the context menu.
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- Drop the [PageInfo](../use-report-elements/use-basic-report-controls/page-info.md) control from the [Toolbox](../report-designer-tools/toolbox.md) to the **Page Footer** band.
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![](../../../images/eurd-web-drop-page-info.png)
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- To change the control's display format, specify the **Text Format String** property (e.g., **Page {0} of {1}**, to display the current page number out of the total number of pages) in the **Actions** category.
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- To change the control's display format, specify the **Text Format String** property (e.g., **Page {0} of {1}**, to display the current page number out of the total number of pages) in the **Page Info Tasks** category.
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## <a name="groups"></a>Add Page Numbers for Groups
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- Add the **Group Footer** band. To do this, click **Insert Group Footer Band** in the **Actions** category.
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- Add the **Group Footer** band. To do this, select **Insert Group Footer Band** in the context menu.
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reporting-for-web/articles/report-designer/create-reports/invoices.md

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1. Expand the **Actions** category and click **Insert Detail Report Band** to create a [Detail Report Band](../introduction-to-banded-reports.md).
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1. From the the report's context menu, select the **Insert Detail Report Band** command to create a [Detail Report Band](../introduction-to-banded-reports.md).
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3. Add the Group Header band to the detail report to display captions for table columns. Select the Detail Report band and click **Insert Group Header Band** in the **Actions** category.
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4. To create column headers, drop the [Table](../use-report-elements/use-tables/table-overview.md) control from the **Toolbox** onto the Group Header band and enter the required text in the table's cells.
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5. Select the Detail Report band, expand the **Behavior** category and set the band's **Page Break** property to **After the Band** to print each order on a separate page.
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6. Select the Detail Report band, expand the **Behavior** category and set the band's **Page Break** property to **After the Band** to print each order on a separate page.
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2. Select the table cell bound to the **Discount** data field in the detail report's Detail band. Expand the **Actions** category, click the **Text Format String** property's ellipsis button, and in the invoked **Format String Editor**, apply the **Percent** format. In this case, field values are multiplied by 100 and displayed with a percent symbol.
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2. Select the table cell bound to the **Discount** data field in the detail report's Detail band. Expand the **Cell Tasks** category, click the **Text Format String** property's ellipsis button, and in the invoked **Format String Editor**, apply the **Percent** format. In this case, field values are multiplied by 100 and displayed with a percent symbol.
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2. Drop the Label control onto the added band and expand the **Actions** category in the Properties panel. Select the **Summary** section and set the **Running** property to **Report** to calculate the summary for the entire detail report and click the **Expression** property's ellipsis button. In the invoked [Expression Editor](../report-designer-tools/expression-editor.md), specify the following expression to calculate the total price:
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2. Drop the Label control onto the added band and expand the **Label Tasks** category in the Properties panel. Select the **Summary** section and set the **Running** property to **Report** to calculate the summary for the entire detail report and click the **Expression** property's ellipsis button. In the invoked [Expression Editor](../report-designer-tools/expression-editor.md), specify the following expression to calculate the total price:
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reporting-for-web/articles/report-designer/create-reports/multi-column-reports.md

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reporting-for-web/articles/report-designer/create-reports/reports-with-cross-band-content-and-populated-empty-space.md

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