# How to add OSUsername Tag to a reporting page header

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-osusername-tag-to-a-reporting-page-header/26020>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [June 21, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-osusername-tag-to-a-reporting-page-header/26020 "2019-06-21T17:36:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![rstevenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@rstevenson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rstevenson)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-osusername-tag-to-a-reporting-page-header/26020/1 "2019-06-21T17:36:49Z")

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Hello, I have a problem where I am trying to append a tag (which tracks the operating system username called OSUsername) to a reporting page. This tag has the correct string value inside of it. I tried to create a string parameter with the value of the tag associated with it, however the header just shows \<N/A\> when I go to preview.

Is there something else I should be doing that I am missing out on? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-osusername-tag-to-a-reporting-page-header/26020/2 "2019-06-21T17:58:20Z")

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Reports are generated on the gateway - so they don’t have access to any `[System]Client/` tags - including `OSUserName`. What’s the use case? If you’re using something like Vision’s report viewer, you could add a ‘username’ _parameter_, and then in the client, bind the ‘username’ param to the `[System]Client/OSUsername` tag.

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**Author:** ![rstevenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@rstevenson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rstevenson)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-osusername-tag-to-a-reporting-page-header/26020/3 "2019-06-21T18:03:25Z")

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Yep that did the trick perfectly! Thanks for the quick response!