# Display custom message when Perspective Table has no data

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**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-custom-message-when-perspective-table-has-no-data/52499 "2021-10-29T13:20:01Z")\
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> [@Clearing a dataset?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clearing-a-dataset/6354/9):
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> `vtable==dataset[0x6]`

You cannot do this. If vtable is a dataset, you could do `vtable.rowCount == 0`

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