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Displaying a report when no data is returned

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#1

When refreshing a full-client report in Infoview that does not return any data, I am looking for a way to maybe display something that looks a little nicer than a report with a bunch of headings, etc… with no data.

Temporarily, I created a variable and did a row count. If the row count > 0, I set the message to " ", else “No Data Available”. With this method, the user knows that the report at least worked…

Does anyone have any better sugguestions?

Thanks In Advance…
larry

larryc (BOB member since 2004-04-15)

#2

What usually I do is similar to what you are doing.

I have one table for error messages. This table is shown when there is an error.

All other report elements are shown only when there is no error.

My error condition could be a status flag, row count or anything.

thotas :us: (BOB member since 2003-10-23)

#3

Here is a relevant FAQ.

Nick Daniels :uk: (BOB member since 2002-08-15)

#4

Thanks… What I was trying to do was get rid of the column headings, blank tables, etc… and just display my 'No Data Message".

What I did was apply = NumberOfRows(DataProvider())=0 to each table appearance condition or cell appearance.

larryc (BOB member since 2004-04-15)