Truth be told, the default "no data found" message for APEX reports is pretty boring.
Even the default wording irritates me just a little bit every time I see one amidst a page I thought was looking pretty snazzy.
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There are two things I've done recently to make it look a little better.
1) Surround it with a nice soft coloured box.
2) Customise the output
Speaking of cats (if you clicked through the reference), there are probably a few ways to skin this one.
If you create a dynamic action the fires after refresh of your report region, you can execute this JavaScript
And that's it!
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| Out of the box |
Even the default wording irritates me just a little bit every time I see one amidst a page I thought was looking pretty snazzy.
There are two things I've done recently to make it look a little better.
1) Surround it with a nice soft coloured box.
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| Something with a little pop |
This is pretty simple, just add the following CSS to your page (Edit page properties -> Inline CSS) or application's .css file. Tweak it to your heart's content - just no blinking text, please.
span.nodatafound {
font-size:120% !important;
border: 1px solid #FC0;
background: #FFC;
color: #384F34;
display: block;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 2px auto 14px;
padding: 15px !important;
text-align: left;
}2) Customise the output
Speaking of cats (if you clicked through the reference), there are probably a few ways to skin this one.
If you create a dynamic action the fires after refresh of your report region, you can execute this JavaScript
var ndf;
switch($v('P4_REPORT_SEARCH').length)
{
case 1:
ndf="One character and you found no records?!";break;
case 2:
ndf="Make sure there is no type";break;
default:
ndf="No employees by this name, sorry.";
}
$('span.nodatafound').text(ndf);
And that's it!
 | See a demonstration on this sample search page. Note it refreshes the report on key release. Try type letters not found in the emp table. |