When creating SSRS reports, it is great to add informational things in the footer. To create a footer, simply right click anywhere outside of the report body, and click on:
Add Page Footer.
One item that I put in all of my SSRS reports is a Date Printed and a Page X of Y. Date printed is easy enough. You simply add a text box to the footer and use

=now()

as the expression. Next format the text box as you like and you’re done.
However, I hit a sang on the page x of y. SSRS was giving me an error with it’s built in field:

Globals!OverallTotalPages

After a bit of searching, I found that you have to use

Globals!TotalPages

instead of OverallTotalPages. Your text box expression will look like this:

="Page " & Globals!PageNumber & " of " & Globals!TotalPages

Now, your SSRS page footer is complete!

Rudy

Rudy Rodarte is a SQL Server Database professional based in Austin, TX. Over his career, Rudy has worked with SSRS, SSIS, performance tuning troubleshooting. When away from Keyboard, Rudy goes to Spurs and Baylor Bear sporting events.

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