Formatting "No Data" In Dashboard Indicator using Arcade

Question

I currently have a data indicator in a dashboard that is formatted to sum the values in a specific field and show an indicator like the below:

The data being pulled for this indicator currently has no records, and by default the "no data" text appears in the indicator box. As far as I can tell, there is no way to format the "no-data" text to appear exactly like the above indicator but with a 0 in it's place.

I've tried editing the arcade script for the indicator with both IfEmtpy statements or if $datapoint.sum_FIRE_Size <0 (or is Null) return "0" but I can't get my indicator to display a 0 in place of the no-data text.

Any ideas on how to solve this? It seems silly that the formatting for the no data doesn't have the same customization options as the actual indicator.

DevinPawluk · Answer

I was able to format the indicator using an SVG for no data but is there anyway to get rid of the margins that appear around the indicator when there is No Data? In the photo below, the top indicator has found data records and in the middle and bottom indicators there are no records and strange margins appear around the widget.

jcarlson · Answer

It's a bit more HTML, but you can totally add that same (or similar) icon to your No Data message. It's just an SVG, and you can add SVG code to your message and have it render.

No Data

Better than nothing!

KaitlynM · Answer

Thanks Josh,

This is super helpful and I'll probably resort to this in the interim until I have data- but I would ideally like to keep the icon and formatting of the indicator the same as it's one of many on my site.