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title: "#10489 MSlenejennum/647452/new header and footer layouts and report themes"
summary: New composite report parts management codeunit seeds 11 header/footer designs and 3 themes into the shared Tenant Report Defaults pool on install and upgrade, overwriting tenant edits to shipped content.
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# #10489 MSlenejennum/647452/new header and footer layouts and report themes

> New composite report parts management codeunit seeds 11 header/footer designs and 3 themes into the shared Tenant Report Defaults pool on install and upgrade, overwriting tenant edits to shipped content.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/10489) · merged into `main` (BC30) on 2026-09-07 by MSlenejennum · 22 files (+869 -0), 7 AL · feature · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- Introduces codeunit 9667 'Composite Report Parts Mgt.' to manage predefined report layout parts
- Adds 14 docx and dotx resources for header/footer designs and report themes
- Seeding process runs on every upgrade to ensure shipped parts always reflect app content
- Unshipped parts are removed and their assignments cleared automatically
- Resource read failures are logged to telemetry without aborting install or upgrade
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- [Codeunit 9998 "Upgrade Tag Definitions"](../../objects/codeunit/9998.md), Base Application: modified
- [Codeunit 5000 "BaseApp Install"](../../objects/codeunit/5000.md), Base Application: modified
- `src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Foundation/Reporting/CompositeReportPartsMgt.Codeunit.al`: added, not in the BC30 snapshot yet
- `src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/OtherCapabilities/Upgrade/UpgradeCompositeReportParts.Codeunit.al`: added, not in the BC30 snapshot yet

## Context

- Work items: AB#647452
- Labels: Team: Integrations
- Systems: platform, development

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