Specify Not to Render a Page If It Does Not Contain Data

You can specify not to render a report page if the page does not contain any data when the report is run.

Procedure

  1. In the report page, click a data container.
  2. Click the Show properties icon Show properties icon, click the Select ancestor icon select ancestor icon, and click the data container type.

    For example, if the data container is a list, click List.

    Tip: You can also click the container selector (three dots) of the container to select it.
  3. Set the Render Page when Empty property to No.
  4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 for all other data containers in the page and any table of contents objects.

Results

When you run the report, if no data is produced in any data containers or table of contents objects that have the Render Page when Empty property set to No, the page is not rendered. The page is not rendered even if it contains other objects, such as text items or images.