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title: Reduce complexity of report datasets
summary: "Reporting and data analysis: Reduce complexity of report datasets. Generally available, GA 2026-10 (Microsoft 365 roadmap). Word layouts now include a company information dataitem that is shared across all report datasets. This reduces the work needed for a report developer and standardizes how company information is used across report layouts."
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# Reduce complexity of report datasets

> Reporting and data analysis: Reduce complexity of report datasets. Generally available, GA 2026-10 (Microsoft 365 roadmap). Word layouts now include a company information dataitem that is shared across all report datasets. This reduces the work needed for a report developer and standardizes how company information is used across report layouts.

[Microsoft 365 roadmap 573321](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=573321) · Reporting and data analysis · generally available · roadmap status "Launched", phase General Availability

## What Microsoft says

Word layouts now include a company information dataitem that is shared across all report datasets. This reduces the work needed for a report developer and standardizes how company information is used across report layouts.

## Dates

- General availability: October CY2026 (2026 release wave 2)
- Public preview: not given
- On the roadmap since 2026-09-30, last changed 2026-09-30

## Covered by

Matched by Haiku among videos and Learn pages in the same galaxy system, checked against the roadmap ids and the evidence text. Every link below was reviewed by Opus.

### Videos

- [What's new in Document Reporting: Word add-in (2026 release wave 2)](../videos/XLUAuUWtJDw.md): Company information dataset at [0:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUAuUWtJDw&t=29s)

Source: Microsoft 365 roadmap. Status words follow the roadmap.