topic @Justin Bishop in Product Forum https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50344#M5596 @Justin Bishop It works for text or number data types, but not for images... I still used it, but resorted to catch the exception that throws. Tue, 08 Sep 2015 23:03:00 GMT supetrmp 2015-09-08T23:03:00Z How to check for NULL values? https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50342#M5594 What is the recommended way of testing for NULL values? For example I have created an Image type page input that is stored in a Data Item without setting an initial value (empty). I would like to test if the Image Data Item is empty at the start of the page. I am doing this in an Object by the way... Thanks! Fri, 04 Sep 2015 22:25:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50342#M5594 supetrmp 2015-09-04T22:25:00Z If your data stage has no https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50343#M5595 If your data stage has no initial value then you can simply use a decision stage with the expression [data]"""" Hope that helps. Justin Fri, 04 Sep 2015 23:04:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50343#M5595 JustinBishop 2015-09-04T23:04:00Z @Justin Bishop https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50344#M5596 @Justin Bishop It works for text or number data types, but not for images... I still used it, but resorted to catch the exception that throws. Tue, 08 Sep 2015 23:03:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50344#M5596 supetrmp 2015-09-08T23:03:00Z a month late, i realize, but https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50345#M5597 a month late, i realize, but you can have another data item on the page that is of the type Picture, but don't put anything in it. then substitue the """" in justin's example with that blank picture item Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:55:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/How-to-check-for-NULL-values/m-p/50345#M5597 PatrickChilders 2015-09-29T17:55:00Z