# Showing string when data is null **URL:** \ **Category:** API & Custom Code\ **Created:** [March 12, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309 "2015-03-12T02:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElijahAngo40597](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@ElijahAngo40597](https://forums.knack.com/u/ElijahAngo40597)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/1 "2015-03-12T02:23:24Z")
 suppose YY table has no data now.so in the interface its showing nothing. but here i want to show "there is no data right now" string.how can i do this? ---
**Author:** ![MarcusCowl17941](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MarcusCowl17941](https://forums.knack.com/u/MarcusCowl17941)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/2 "2016-06-29T10:24:50Z")
Thought I'd add working code including the change from Nicolas. You can add it as many times as you like and point each to specific views : $(document).on('knack-view-render.view\_490', function (event, view, data) {           // Target the 'No Data' string and replace with your own text       $('# **view\_490** td.kn-td-nodata').text('_No Active Invoices_');   }) $(document).on('knack-view-render.view\_515', function (event, view, data) {           // Target the 'No Data' string and replace with your own text       $('# **view\_515** td.kn-td-nodata').text('_No Active Quotes_');   }) $(document).on('knack-view-render.view\_160', function (event, view, data) {           // Target the 'No Data' string and replace with your own text       $('# **view\_160** td.kn-td-nodata').text('_No Notes_');   }) Hope this helps someone. :) ---
**Author:** ![Nic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/45deac/32.png) [@Nic](https://forums.knack.com/u/Nic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/3 "2015-05-28T19:51:40Z")
Hey John, You'll want to target the specific table in the selector: $('#view\_1 td.kn-td-nodata').text('No Data Available'); ---
**Author:** ![JohnKatez44398](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@JohnKatez44398](https://forums.knack.com/u/JohnKatez44398)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/4 "2015-05-26T16:34:04Z")
Hey Nic, I'm using your code and it works great, but it changes the text for every table on a page. Is there a way to target a specific table? I even tried updating the view\_ID to no avail, it still updates the text for every table on a page. ---
**Author:** ![ElijahAngo40597](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@ElijahAngo40597](https://forums.knack.com/u/ElijahAngo40597)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/5 "2015-03-15T01:40:34Z")
Thanks for your help man. please check my code block: $(document).on(‘knack-view-render.view\_1’, function (event, view, data) { var obj = JSON.stringify(data); if(obj=="")  print some thing  }) whenver null is returned i always gettting . so that i bound to code like this.is there any other option? ---
**Author:** ![Nic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/45deac/32.png) [@Nic](https://forums.knack.com/u/Nic)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/6 "2015-03-13T15:42:35Z")
I made some modifications to the snippet for you. This will target a specific view you specify. Change view\_1 to the specific view ID for your page where you're trying to change this. You can learn more about this here: [http://helpdesk.knackhq.com/solution/categories/5000053588/folders/5000106828/articles/5000447139-customization-with-jquery-and-javascript](http://helpdesk.knackhq.com/solution/categories/5000053588/folders/5000106828/articles/5000447139-customization-with-jquery-and-javascript) ---
**Author:** ![ElijahAngo40597](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@ElijahAngo40597](https://forums.knack.com/u/ElijahAngo40597)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/7 "2015-03-13T15:24:01Z")
or can u plz explain the code ? or any document link is thr?   ---
**Author:** ![ElijahAngo40597](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@ElijahAngo40597](https://forums.knack.com/u/ElijahAngo40597)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/8 "2015-03-13T00:47:16Z")
 yes. i am talking about this one, but its generic . i want to change it for one table. ---
**Author:** ![Nic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/45deac/32.png) [@Nic](https://forums.knack.com/u/Nic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/showing-string-when-data-is-null/10309/9 "2015-03-12T17:26:23Z")
Hi Eli, Are you talking about modifying the "No Data" string that is already there? Using some jQuery, you could replace that string for all your views:    ``` // You need to change view_1 to match the view you want to change this for. $(document).on(‘knack-view-render.view\_1’, function (event, view, data) { ``` // Target the 'No Data' string and replace with your own text $('td.kn-td-nodata').text('No Data Available'); ``` }) ```