Feature Request: KNIME Reporting: set page headers and footers

Dear all,

I’m using KNIME Reporting KNIME Reporting – KNIME Community Hub to create simple reports: Just print one table to pdf.
Doesn’t sound complicated and I mostly got it already.
My report has a header (of the report) and also a footer (of the report). Furthermore the report has a header (of the table) on every page. That comes out of the box, I had no work in defining that. Also great.
Now I would be even more happy if I have also a footer for every page containing e.g. information about page number, print / generation date and author information. At the moment nothing is printed in the footer.

In the layout editor of the component I’m able to add a text view before and after the table. But that shows up on the first page and the last page only :frowning:

How can I add both a header and footer for each side?

BTW: The table footer is located direct under the last row of the table. In most cases that is somewhere in the middle of a page. Good enough would be great to have also a possibility to define manually.

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Hello @knimediger,

Unfortunately you cannot add headers or footers yet. However we already have a ticket up for this functionality to be added.

Ticket UIEXT-2286

I will add a +1 to it for you,
TL

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@thor_landstrom

Thank you for your sincere answer and for adding a “+” for that feature request.

Looking at the KNIME Reporting – KNIME Community Hub it’s a bit of disappointing to hear that such a basic feature is not yet available in this tool.
From my understanding having something like a page number, header and footers is a must in reporting. When you have a printout on your desk and a little bit of wind comes through the window, how can you rearrange the printed report in the correct order? How can you convince your quality manager that such a report is fulfilling the requirements of a QM (e.g. ISO9001)?

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Hey @knimediger,

Sorry for the delay, I will keep you posted if I see any updates on the ticket.

TL

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@thor_landstrom

Any updates on this topic?

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Nothing as of yet.

TL

hi there,
this feature I’d like to see as well - I would like to throw my hat in the ring, too!

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I’m also watching this subject as it’s a feature that I’d like to be able to use.

Hi, checking in on this as well. Would ideally like to add a footer to my Node Usage & Layout creator.

@thor_landstrom

Any news on this? It would be great to see such a basic “feature” as headers and footers in the next release.

As well as an option for an editable output file as mentioned here: Reporting: Word Writer node

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@thor_landstrom, please add a +1 for me as well. Thank you!
With the BIRT reporting there was the possibility to personalize the page (e.g. include a logo), but at least having the basic functionality of adding a name, date, and page number would really be great!

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Time to move to feedback and ideas - edited the title slightly to make clear this is a feature request - +1 for me as well (already voted above)

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@thor_landstrom

KNIME 5.7 is now ready with extensions in reporting Out now: KNIME Analytics Platform 5.7

Does this include also this request?