About Dynamic Text in Headers and Footers

Dynamic text acts a placeholder for text that will be generated from data when the report is viewed. You can include dynamic text in a header or a footer, which enables you to include information such as prompt values, the name and description of the data source for the report, the date that the report was last refreshed, and the report author.

This table provides more information about each of the dynamic text choices that are available in the Edit Header and Edit Footer dialog boxes.

Dynamic Text Options and Examples
Dynamic Text	Information Displayed	Example in View Mode
Data Source Name	The name of the relational or multidimensional data source that is being used to provide data for the tables, graphs, and geographical maps in the report section. The dynamic text option does not provide the data source name for a stored process.	OrionStarOrders
Data Source Description	If available, the description of the relational or multidimensional data source that is being used to provide data for the tables, graphs, and geographical maps in the report section. The dynamic text option does not provide the data source description for a stored process.	Performance information for Orion customers from 2008 to 2013. Includes sales revenue and costs for geographic, product, time, and customer demographic breakdowns. Created for Sales and Marketing.
Date the data was last refreshed	The date and time that the query for data was last sent to the underlying source of data.	Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:07:57 PM EST
Report Author	If available, the name of the report author. Otherwise, the user ID of the report author is used.	Marcel Dupree
Date Modified	The date and time that the report was last saved.	Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:42:46 PM EST
Report Description	If available, the description of the report.	Provides U.S. management with a high−level view of delivery performance across all products.
Report Name	The name of the report.	Delivery Performance for US Gold Customers in 2013