Different Footer (same section) and last blank page - BI Publisher RTF template

Hello,

I am working with BI Publisher (version: 12.2.1.3.0  (build:20220922.1114)) RTF templates and need assistance with two issues. I’ve tried opening an SR, but I still haven’t found a suitable solution, so I would appreciate any help here.

1. Different Footer within the Same Section: I need to customize the footer when a section spans multiple pages (max two pages in my case). The footer should only appear on the last page of the section (footer on the first page should be blank). I attempted using conditional statements based on page numbers and tried utilizing position(), but I found that BI Publisher does not support using position() in IF conditions.  Also using sub-templates would be very challenging given the complexity of the requirement. Can anyone suggest an alternative solution to achieve different footers within the same section when the section spans multiple pages?