Set a No Data message for a data region (Power BI Report Builder)

APPLIES TO: Power BI Report Builder Power BI Desktop

When you want to specify text to show in the rendered report in place of a data region that has no data, set one of these properties:

At run time, the report processor runs the query for each dataset in a report and the dataset query may produce no result set. For a data region bound to an empty dataset, you can specify text to display instead of displaying an empty data region.

Set the NoRowsMessage property for a table, matrix, or list

  1. In Design view, select the table, matrix, or list data region or subreport on the design surface to select it. The Properties pane displays the properties for the selected item.

  2. In the Properties pane, type the text that you want to display as a message in NoRowsMessage property field.

    Alternatively, from the drop-down list, select Expression to open the Expression dialog box and create an expression.

Set the NoDataMessage property for a chart

  1. In Design view, select the chart on the design surface to select it. The Properties pane displays the properties for the selected item.

  2. In the Properties pane, expand the node for NoDataMessage.

  3. In Caption, type the text that you want to display as a message in NoDataMessage property field.

    Alternatively, from the drop-down list, select Expression to open the Expression dialog box and create an expression.

Set the NoRowsMessage for a subreport

  1. In Design view, select the subreport on the design surface to select it. The Properties pane displays the properties for the selected item.

  2. In the Properties pane, type the text that you want to display as a message in NoRowsMessage property field.

    Alternatively, from the drop-down list, select Expression to open the Expression dialog box and create an expression.

Set the NoDataText property for a color scale for a map

  1. In Design view, select the color scale on the map to select it. The Properties pane displays the properties for the selected item.

  2. In the Properties pane, in NoDataText, type the text that you want to display as a label for colors with no data value.

    Alternatively, from the drop-down list, select Expression to open the Expression dialog box and create an expression.