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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 22, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-in-report-designer/51243 "2021-09-22T20:47:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:**  [@juang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/juang)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-in-report-designer/51243/1 "2021-09-22T20:47:44Z")
can html be use in the report design? inside the cells of a simple table or text box?
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**Author:**  [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-in-report-designer/51243/2 "2021-09-22T21:33:39Z")
From [the docs](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Report+-+Text+Shape):
Text Shapes can render HTML tags, but only if the value of the Text property is referencing a report parameter that contains HTML.
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**Author:**  [@juang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/juang)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-in-report-designer/51243/3 "2021-09-28T20:58:03Z")
thanks. it is not what i’m looking for . but at least i know i can’t use the report designer for my reports. so i need to look for another software for this.
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**Author:**  [@Michael\_Knudsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michael_Knudsen)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-in-report-designer/51243/4 "2025-07-14T20:42:02Z")
I second that it would be nice if Ignition Reporting objects like cells could use html formatting.
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**Author:**  [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-in-report-designer/51243/5 "2025-07-14T21:12:16Z")
I recently put in a request for this:
> **[Markdown / HTML rendering for Reports text | Ignition Features and Ideas |...](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/markdown-html-rendering-for-reports-text)**
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> Markdown / HTML rendering for Reports text | Ignition Features and Ideas | Inductive Automation
I didn't realize there's already limited functionality for HTML via report parameter. Kind of odd that it can only be achieved that way...
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**Author:**  [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-in-report-designer/51243/6 "2025-07-14T21:30:22Z")
Have you tried getting your SQL to deliver the HTML and linking that? (Or scripted data, I suppose.) For tables, I would expect to need to use a label in an unstructured row.