Layout - Do you include useful information on the footer of reports?

When designing custom applications you want to include branding on reports. You should always include a useful and informative footer at the bottom of your reports.
Include:

1. Date and Time Printed and User who printed it - see warning below (e.g. Printed by SSW\DaveSmith on 3/1/2024 3:16:30 PM)
2. Execution Time (e.g. Execution time: 1 minute, 10 seconds)
3. Page x of y (e.g. Page 3 of 10)
4. Link to company website + slogan (e.g. <www.ssw.com.au> - Enterprise Sopftware Development)

<figureEmbed figureEmbed={{
  preset: "badExample",
  figure: '![Bad example - This footer doesn\'t provide any useful information](/uploads/rules/reports-footer/RSRulesBadFooter.gif)',
  shouldDisplay: true
} } />


<figureEmbed figureEmbed={{
  preset: "goodExample",
  figure: '![Good example - Useful and informative information should be displayed in your report footer](/uploads/rules/reports-footer/RSRulesGoodFooter.gif)',
  shouldDisplay: true
} } />


Use these handy report expressions to show the above information.

**Note:** Do not use `System.DateTime.Now` for Execution Time because if you do it will return the result at time of printing the document/PDF. Instead store the value in a variable (for example `GroupExecutionTime`) and then call that.

Use these handy report expressions to show the above information.

| Footer Item                     | Expression                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Sample Output                                           |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Date and Time printed / User ID | ="Printed by " + User!UserID + " on " + Globals!ExecutionTime.ToString()                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Printed by SSW2000\JatinValabjee on 3/1/2006 3:16:30 PM |
| Execution Time                  | ="Execution Time: " + IIf(System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).TotalSeconds < 1, "0 seconds", ( IIf(System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Hours > 0, System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Hours & " hour(s), ", "") + IIf(System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Minutes > 0, System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Minutes & " minute(s), ", "") + IIf(System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Seconds > 0, System.DateTime.Now.Subtract(Globals!ExecutionTime).Seconds & " second(s)", "")) ) | Execution time: 1 minute, 10 seconds                    |
| Page x of y                     | ="Page " + Globals!PageNumber.ToString() + " of " + Globals!TotalPages.ToString()                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Page 3 of 10                                            |

<imageEmbed
  alt="Image"
  size="large"
  showBorder={false}
  figureEmbed={{
    preset: "goodExample",
    figure: 'Good example - Footer in visual studio designer',
    shouldDisplay: true
  }}
  src="/uploads/rules/reports-footer/footerInDesigner.gif"
/>

**Tip:** Copy and Paste this XML into the <PageFooter> for the recommended footer of all your \*.rdl files.

```xml
 <PageFooter>

  Paste here

 </PageFooter>
```

<asideEmbed
  variant="info"
  body={<>
    **Warning:** Adding the User who printed it stops all data-driven subscriptions.

When you try to add the User your data-driven subscriptions will fail with the following error:

'The '/GroupHealth' report has user profile dependencies and cannot be run unattended. (rsHasUserProfileDependencies)'.

A quick workaround is to add a user function to fallback the error to a nice message, like "SYSTEM":

```vbnet
 Public Function UserName()
 Try
 Return Report.User!UserID
 Catch
 Return "System"
 End Try
 End Function
```

Use above function to replace your reference to `Report.User!UserID` will allow the subscription to work correctly.

  </>}
  figureEmbed={{
    preset: "default",
    figure: 'XXX',
    shouldDisplay: false
  }}
/>