Suppose you have a report with no data , when you run the
report in report studio how can you tell the end user ,
that it has no data , while he runs it?Is it possible ? if
so how?

Answer Posted / viswa

It is possible when u have prompt in prompt page... suppose
u take one list in main page... the list query u will assign
the page.... and take conditional block and drag the after
list and take one text item drop after conditional block...
in ur list have year, product line,quantity..... and take
the year in prompt page as text prompt.... go to conditional
explorer u will take string write condition like this...
if(product line is null or product line='') then *('hide')
else ('show')and come to main page select the conditional
conditional block.. go to conditional explorer select the
string as hide and come to properties pane select the
current block choose hide and come to main page take the
text item drop at the conditional block....and again select
the conditional block go to properties pane select the
current block as show and come to main page take entire list
and drop at the conditional block.......

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