# Buttons inside Report Viewer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/buttons-inside-report-viewer/7155>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 28, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/buttons-inside-report-viewer/7155 "2013-08-28T10:38:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![cacordova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@cacordova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cacordova)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/buttons-inside-report-viewer/7155/1 "2013-08-28T10:38:36Z")

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Is it possible to place a button inside the Report Viewer? If yes, how? Thank You

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**Author:** ![Ron.Lor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f17d59/32.png) [@Ron.Lor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ron.Lor)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/buttons-inside-report-viewer/7155/2 "2013-09-04T21:53:48Z")

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Unfortunately, you cannot put other components into the report viewer component. You can, however, put a button on top of the report viewer and extract data from the report viewer through the dataset on the report.