SSRS report to email subscription only when there is data

Question

I currently have a report that grabs certain orders (orders with discounts) and is emailed on a daily basis. However, is there a way so that it will only email or send out the subscription, if there are orders with discounts?

Help would be immensely appreciated.

Answer 1

The workaround we use for this problem is kind of silly, but very effective.

Add a row count check at the beginning of your code like:

IF (SELECT COUNT(X) FROM TABLES)>0
BEGIN
RAISERROR ('No Rows to Report',2,1)
END

The error will halt execution of the subscription.