When using report templates, the only connection with the original template is when the report is created. This is problematic due to the time it takes, as well as the potential for error and inconsistency.

It would be helpful if the report designer included an ability to update a report based on the template. If a minor change needs to be made to a group of reports, now that change has to be done individually in each report. Ideally there should be an option to update the report from the original template. While I understand that detailed content would be problematic to update, things such as styles, report and page headers/footers, etc., could be updated (or 'replaced' with the equivalent content from the template). 

Ideally there would be an option to update from template, and then the user could select which items to update; 
- styles
- page header/footer
-report header/footer