Choose File | Page Setup.

6-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Figure 6–3 Page Setup for Header and Footer Key to Figure 6–3 :

a. Click Insert to insert system variables such as Date, Time, or Worksheet name etc

into the Left Section, Center Section, and Right Section. Then click Add to add them to the header or footer. b. Enter text here for the header or footer, or add system variables using the Insert option. Available Headers —Lists headers you have already created. Click the drop-down arrow to see the list. Select the one you want on your report. The names are derived from the text typed into the boxes for the Left, Center, and Right sections. To create a new header or footer, choose none from the drop-down list. Enter the header text in the three boxes for the Left, Center, and Right sections. Click the Add button. That header is added to the drop-down list. To remove a header from the list, select it and click the Remove button. Line Width —Sets the width of a line that separates the header from the body of the report. Choose No Line if you don’t want a separating line on the report. Left, Center, Right Sections —Displays the text of the header selected in the Available Header list above. To edit a header, click in a box and type the new text. By default, the Left Section’s text is left-justified, the Center’s text is centered, and the Right Section’s text is right-justified. Insert —Lists information that you can add to the header. Click in the text where you want the inserted information to appear, then choose from the list to add a text code to the header or footer. The text code is a “placeholder” for variable information in the report. In the following figure, Date is the placeholder for the current date when the report is printed. Because the inserted information is in the Left Section box, the current date appears at the left side of the page on the printed report. Reporting Results 6-5 Figure 6–4 Insert HeaderFooter Text You can mix typed text with inserted text. Here are some examples: Font —Displays the Font dialog box. Click anywhere in the section where you want to change the font. Click the Font button then select the options for the text. Click OK. All the text for the selected section receives the new font. 3. Click the Margin tab to see the options for the report’s margins. Figure 6–5 Page Margins Setup for Reports Margins —Sets the margins on the page. Click the up and down arrows next to a margin setting to increase or decrease it. You type... Then insert... The text looks like this... This appears in the report Page Page Number Page Page Page 1, Page 2, Page 3... Page of Page Number Total Pages Page Page of Pages Page 1 of 10, Page 2 of 10, Page 3 of 10... Report date: Date Report date: Date Report date: April 15, 1998