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id: change/bcapps/9949
type: change
title: "#9949 [Bug 645022] UI improvements for report themes and header/footers (composite layout)"
summary: "Composite layout administration pages get UI improvements: page 9663 shows decoded part names, and page 9666 gains a Description column plus Replace, Edit description and Show info actions. Page 9668 adds a Description field, and page 9660 enables composite actions only for Word layouts."
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  at: "2026-10-08T02:09:59.398Z"
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    title: "microsoft/BCApps#9949: [Bug 645022] UI improvements for report themes and header/footers (composite layout)"
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    quote: UI improvements for the composite-layout (Document Report Experience) theme and header/footer administration, plus fixes for the automated review feedback.
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url: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/9949
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quote: UI improvements for the composite-layout (Document Report Experience) theme and header/footer administration, plus fixes for the automated review feedback.
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# #9949 [Bug 645022] UI improvements for report themes and header/footers (composite layout)

> Composite layout administration pages get UI improvements: page 9663 shows decoded part names, and page 9666 gains a Description column plus Replace, Edit description and Show info actions. Page 9668 adds a Description field, and page 9660 enables composite actions only for Word layouts.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/9949) · merged into `main` (BC30) on 2026-08-10 by v-mortenr · 6 files (+311 -6), 5 AL · feature · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- Tenant Report Layout Cfg shows decoded part names instead of the raw guid::name value, display only
- Report Theme and Header/Footer adds Description column, Replace, Edit description and Show info actions, with Replace and Part Status scoped to lines
- New Report Theme Header/Footer page adds a Description field and is reused as the Edit Description dialog
- Report Layouts enables Manage all themes/header-footers and Layout configuration only for Word layouts
- Telemetry no longer includes the raw user-entered layout description
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- [Page 9668 "New Report Theme Header/Footer"](../../objects/page/9668.md), Base Application: modified
- [Page 9660 "Report Layouts"](../../objects/page/9660.md), Base Application: modified
- [Codeunit 9660 "Report Layouts Impl."](../../objects/codeunit/9660.md), Base Application: modified
- [Page 9666 "Report Theme and Header/Footer"](../../objects/page/9666.md), Base Application: modified
- [Page 9663 "Tenant Report Layout Cfg"](../../objects/page/9663.md), Base Application: modified

## Context

- Work items: AB#645022
- Labels: Team: Integrations
- Systems: platform, development
- From the description: "UI improvements for the composite-layout (Document Report Experience) theme and header/footer administration, plus fixes for the automated review feedback."

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