# \[BUG-15799\]Perspective Table Question & Comment

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15799-perspective-table-question-comment/31286>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15799-perspective-table-question-comment/31286 "2020-01-14T22:50:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![AIO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/aio/32/87549_2.png) [@AIO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AIO)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15799-perspective-table-question-comment/31286/1 "2020-01-14T22:50:12Z")

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Hey folks,

8.0.7

We’ll start with the comment first, since it’s fairly straightforward.

When I select the “Edit Dataset” button on the component, the dataset window opens centered on the mouse click. Not a huge issue, except if property editor window is docked near the top of the screen; then the dataset editor is partially off-screen and cannot be moved. Seems like if the config for this popup were changed it would be an easy fix.

 ![datset%202](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/9/9ae9128762a0bdf423f044f18ad47c9912d25cfe.png)

Now the question; I have a dataset that appears to be without nulls. However, when the data is displayed on the table, the “Stage” column (string) displays as null anywhere there is no value. If I edit the dataset and double-click any of those cells and then hit OK, the null clears from the selected cell.

Is this affected by a setting I have control over with a setting? The dataset coming in has been screened for nulls to no avail.

 ![data](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/f/f87d5d5ed301af28637c18fbbf094e6c6427d746.png)

Much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![osolorzano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/osolorzano/32/6432_2.png) [@osolorzano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/osolorzano)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15799-perspective-table-question-comment/31286/2 "2020-01-14T23:35:29Z")

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I was only able to reproduce this with a dataset that had nulls in the data. That said, it looks like it can happen with String columns that are attempting to render nulls as strings. I will create an internal ticket to handle this because it should show up as blank.  
That said, there is a funny workaround, in the table props.columns config. If you go to the column for “Stage” and set the render property number, then the nulls will go away.

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**Author:** ![AIO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/aio/32/87549_2.png) [@AIO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AIO)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15799-perspective-table-question-comment/31286/3 "2020-01-15T03:05:25Z")

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You are correct - on further investigation, the field is blank and neighboring strings are filled with a single space. I appreciate the work-around - I’ll test it tomorrow.