# What do you like to print on the bottom of reports?

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-do-you-like-to-print-on-the-bottom-of-reports/1613>\
**Category:** Lounge (Discussions)\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-do-you-like-to-print-on-the-bottom-of-reports/1613 "2021-01-20T19:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonywhitelive](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/tonywhitelive/32/208_2.png) [@tonywhitelive](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/tonywhitelive)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-do-you-like-to-print-on-the-bottom-of-reports/1613/1 "2021-01-20T19:48:36Z")

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When reading the code below, please note that: {sample\_text} means optional.

On the left might be…  
"Printed \<\<$$date.formatted\>\>{ at \<\<$$time.formatted\>\>}{ by \<\<$$accountName\>\>}{ from \<\<$$userName\>\>}"

"On the right might be “{{PageNumber}}{ of \<\<$$total pages\>\>}"

In the center might be "LayoutID \<\<$$ID\>\>”

2 of the 3 text blocks above could be built as…

\<\<$$report.metadata.left\>\>  
\<\<$$report.metadata.center\>\>

…from Scripts.

Using merge variable instead of global fields would afford good code portability.

It does not seem as if you can get the {{PageNumber}} to render within a $$var...so that the text on the right would be hard coded on the layout.

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![xochi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/0ea827/32.png) [@xochi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/xochi)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-do-you-like-to-print-on-the-bottom-of-reports/1613/2 "2021-01-22T16:07:48Z")

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I manually add a layout name, version # and last modification date to all layouts in very small type, something like  
"Invoices Master List 2.1 modified 2020-01-02"

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/ahunter3/32/1111_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-do-you-like-to-print-on-the-bottom-of-reports/1613/3 "2021-01-23T05:41:03Z")

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On the left: "This end is the bottom". On the right: "This side faces up"