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## Notes
[Notes](../concepts/notes.md) are rich-text documents that can be attached to most InvenTree model instances. Two template tags are available for accessing note content in a report.
### note
The `note` tag returns the rendered HTML content of a note, ready to embed directly in a report. Any images embedded in the note are automatically resolved to their base64-encoded data so that they appear in the generated PDF.
::: report.templatetags.report.note
options:
show_docstring_description: false
show_source: False
If no `title` argument is given, the [primary note](../concepts/notes.md#primary-note) is returned. If a `title` is given, the note whose title matches (case-insensitively) is returned instead. An empty string is returned when no matching note exists.
#### Example
```html
{% raw %}
{% load report %}
<!-- Render the primary note for the part -->
{% note part as part_note %}
<div>{{ part_note }}</div>
<!-- Render a note by title -->
{% note part "Assembly Instructions" as instructions %}
<div>{{ instructions }}</div>
{% endraw %}
```
!!! info "Safe HTML Output"
The `note` tag returns pre-sanitized HTML and is marked safe for direct template rendering. Do **not** additionally wrap it with `| safe` or `| markdownify` — the content has already been processed.
### note_instance
The `note_instance` tag returns the `Note` object itself, giving access to its individual fields. This is useful when you need to display the note title, description, or metadata alongside its content.
::: report.templatetags.report.note_instance
options:
show_docstring_description: false
show_source: False
A `Note` object exposes the following attributes:
| Attribute | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `title` | The title of the note |
| `description` | An optional short description of the note |
| `content` | The raw HTML content of the note |
| `primary` | `True` if this is the primary note for the model instance |
| `updated` | Timestamp of the last modification |
| `updated_by` | The user who last modified the note |
#### Example
```html
{% raw %}
{% load report %}
{% note_instance part as primary_note %}
{% if primary_note %}
<h3>{{ primary_note.title }}</h3>
{% if primary_note.description %}<p><em>{{ primary_note.description }}</em></p>{% endif %}
{% note part as note_content %}
<div>{{ note_content }}</div>
{% endif %}
{% endraw %}
```
### Iterating Over All Notes
When a model has multiple notes and you want to render all of them, access the `notes` queryset directly:
```html
{% raw %}
{% load report %}
{% for n in part.notes.all %}
<h3>{{ n.title }}</h3>
{% note part n.title as note_content %}
<div>{{ note_content }}</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endraw %}
```
!!! tip "Ordering Notes"
Use the [`order_queryset`](#order_queryset) helper to control the order in which notes are rendered, for example `{% order_queryset part.notes.all 'title' as ordered_notes %}`.
## Rendering Markdown
Some data fields (such as the *Notes* field available on many internal database models) support [markdown formatting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown). To render markdown content in a custom report, there are template filters made available through the [django-markdownify](https://github.com/erwinmatijsen/django-markdownify) library. This library provides functionality for converting markdown content to HTML representation, allowing it to be then rendered to PDF by the InvenTree report generation pipeline.