Show No data message when chart has no data - Javascript Chart.js

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Show No data message when chart has no data

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<html>
   <head> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://npmcdn.com/chart.js@2.4.0/dist/Chart.bundle.js"></script> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
    window.onload=function(){//from w w  w . j a v  a  2 s . c o  m
Chart.plugins.register({
   afterDraw: function(chart) {
     if (chart.data.datasets.length === 0) {
       // No data is present
      var ctx = chart.chart.ctx;
      var width = chart.chart.width;
      var height = chart.chart.height
      chart.clear();
      ctx.save();
      ctx.textAlign = 'center';
      ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
      ctx.font = "16px normal 'Helvetica Nueue'";
      ctx.fillText('No data to display', width / 2, height / 2);
      ctx.restore();
    }
  }
});
var ctx = document.getElementById('chart').getContext('2d');
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
   type: 'line',
  data: {
     labels: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr'],
    datasets: []
  }
});
document.getElementById('addData').addEventListener('click', function() {
   myChart.config.data.datasets.push({
     label: 'Dataset',
    data: [10, 2, 30, 44],
    borderColor: 'rgb(255, 99, 132)',
    fill: false
  });
  myChart.update();
});
    }

      </script> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <canvas id="chart"></canvas> 
      <button id="addData"> Set data </button>  
   </body>
</html>

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