How to: Add or Remove a Page Header or Footer (Reporting Services)
You can add static text, images, lines, rectangles, and borders to page headers or footers. You can place expressions and data-bound images in a textbox if you want variable or computed data in a header or footer.
Note
Each rendering extension processes page headers and footers differently. For more information, see Adding Page Headers and Footers and Understanding Pagination in Reporting Services.
To add a page header or footer
Open a report.
On the design surface, right-click the report, point to Insert, and then click Header or Footer.
Note
The Header and Footer options appear only when a header or footer is not already part of the report.
To configure a page header or footer
On the design surface, right-click the page header or footer.
Point to Insert, and then click one of the following items to add it to the header or footer area:
Textbox
Line
Rectangle
Image
Right-click the page header, and then click Header Properties to add borders, background images, or colors, or to adjust the width of the header. Then click OK.
Right-click the page footer, and then click Footer Properties to add borders, background images, or colors, or to adjust the width of the footer. Then click OK.
To remove a page header or footer
Open a report.
On the design surface, right-click the page header or footer, and then click Delete.
Note
When you remove a page header or footer, you delete it from the report. Any items that you previously added to the page header or footer will not reappear if you subsequently add the header or footer again.
See Also
Concepts
Adding Page Headers and Footers
Other Resources
Designing and Implementing Reports Using Report Designer (Reporting Services)