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BC 2026 release wave 2unofficial launch event map, by waldo

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Themes and header footer layouts from AL

GA · 1 min in 1 video · dev relevance high · documented as Reuse header/footer layouts across document reports low match

Themes and header footer layouts from AL

In the rendering section of a report you specify type Word with subtype Theme or Header Footer, while body layouts use subtype Body. Themes use a Word template file.

Area: Developer tools. Status: GA. Developer relevance: high. Airtime: 1 min across 1 video.

Status evidence

  • Nothing said about status; launch event convention: generally available unless stated otherwise.

Where they talk about it

Quotes

  • 5:52 "Uh you need to specify word and the subtype would be a theme." - Gives the AL rendering setup for adding a custom theme.
  • 6:17 "we aim to ship in version 20.9 and 20.1 and send 20.9.1" - Gives the targeted shipping versions, though the captions may have garbled them.

Prerequisites mentioned

  • Word layout files

Documented features match

  • Reuse header/footer layouts across document reports - low confidence (llm). Docs say: General availability, roadmap id 573326. AL side of composable layouts
  • Product documentation: Declare report layouts in AL, checked 2026-10-02. Theme: A Word template (.dotx) that provides theme formatting, such as fonts, colors, and styles, for a Body layout. Note: Wave 2 content (Subtype property, runtime 18.0).

Docs checked on 2026-10-02: the match is against Microsoft's what's new pages for the wave as they were on that date. Microsoft keeps filling the documentation, so "no documented item" can go stale.

Tags: al, reporting, word, rendering

Generated by pipeline step 06. Source: YouTube auto-captions of the launch event videos, see the deep links. Not official.