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

Features › Reporting and analytics

Composite layout menu on a body layout

GA · 2 min in 1 video · dev relevance medium · documented as Brand document reports with report themes medium match

Composite layout menu on a body layout

On a body layout in the report layouts page, a composite layout menu lets you pick the theme and header footer for testing. Running the report then shows the chosen combination.

Area: Reporting and analytics. Status: GA. Developer relevance: medium. Airtime: 2 min across 1 video, demoed.

Status evidence

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

Where they talk about it

Quotes

  • no validated quote falls inside this feature's time range

Caveats mentioned

  • Without a theme and header footer applied, the raw body layout renders with no header and no styling.

Prerequisites mentioned

  • A body layout set up to take a header footer and a theme

Documented features match

  • Brand document reports with report themes - medium confidence (llm). Docs say: General availability, roadmap id 573327. Apply theme per layout
  • Product documentation: Set up reusable themes and header and footer layouts, checked 2026-10-02. Select a Word layout whose Subtype is Body. Select Composite layout > Set report theme and header-footer. Select an approved Header/Footer Part, Theme Part, or both. Note: Docs describe the menu as persistent per-layout assignment; the video shows it as a way to test combinations.

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: reporting, layouts, themes, ux

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