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Using <<EMPTY>>

You can specify an <<EMPTY>> group once on the Heading fill‑in. You can specify the data to print only as a literal. It prints when no PRODUCE statements execute for the report. The data can be formatted through the tab field to print on multiple lines. If you do not specify an <<EMPTY>> group, there is no output when PRODUCE statements do not execute for the report.

For example, you can specify the following <<EMPTY>> group:

=>
 ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
 IDEAL   : RPT HEADING/FOOTING   RPT CUSTRPT  (001) TEST         SYS: DOC  DISP 

          Field Name, Literal, Function,                   Column
 Command  or Arithmetic Expression                         Wid Tab Edit Pattern 
 ‑‑‑‑‑‑   ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ ‑‑  ‑‑‑ ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
 ======   ==================== T O P ===================== ==  === =============
 000300   <<EMPTY>>                                        __  ___ _____________
 000400   'There is no output data for this report.'       __  ___ _____________
 000500   ________________________________________________ __  L01 _____________
 000600   'Check for appropriate database.'                __  ___ _____________
 ======   ===================== B O T T O M ============== ==  === =============

Prints as:

There is no output data for this report.
 Check for appropriate database.