Specify what appears for data containers that contain no data

You can specify what appears in a data container when no data is available from the database.

When no data is available, you can show one of the following options:

  • An empty data container, such as a blank list.
  • Alternate content, such as another data container or an image. You can insert any object from the Toolbox tab.
  • Text, such as There is no data available for this month. If you show text, you can format it. By default, the text No Data Available appears.

You can specify what appears when no data is available for the following data containers: lists, crosstabs, charts, maps, repeaters, repeater tables, and tables of contents.

If your report includes multiple data containers, you can specify different no data contents for each container.

Tip: The No Data sample report in the GO Sales (query) package includes data containers that have no data. For more information about The Sample Outdoors Company samples, see Sample Reports and Packages.

Procedure

  1. Select a data container.
  2. In the Properties pane, click the select ancestor icon select ancestor icon and click the data container type.
  3. Click the ellipsis button next to the No Data Contents property and select what should appear for data containers that contain no data:
    • To show an empty data container, click No Contents.
    • To show alternate content, click Content specified in the No data tab.

      Two tabs appear at the top of the data container and the No Data Contents tab no data contents tab is selected automatically.

      From the Toolbox tab toolbox tab, insert the objects to appear when there is no data available into the No Data Contents tab.

    • To show text, click Specified text and type the text that you want to appear.
Parent topic: Format Data