Yes it has been discussed, didn’t look at the post you linked to but that was not the one I meant.
Had a quick search and there was a solution in the beta discussions, emre posted this in a post on a beta release notes.
{WORKPERIOD ID}, {FIRST TICKET NO},{LAST TICKET NO} report tags implemented.
Its a v5 feature, hers a topic mentioning it;
Its also in a post of qmckay’s in the V5 feature compilation.