Else Tag Tutorial
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the else tag, like the if tag, allows you to display conditional information in your report as you can see from the if tag tutorial docid dalwvbuntint3wduv9ea , if the data retrieved via an \<if> tag doesn't meet the condition in the template, the report displays nothing but with the \<else> tag, if the data retrieved doesn't meet the condition, you can tell blueprint to display something else keep in mind that an \<else> tag is optional, and it is based on an \<if> tag you can have an \<if> tag without an \<else> tag, but you can't have an \<else> tag without an \<if> tag step 1 create the else tag click the last cell just after the word "promotion" and click the tag builder icon in autotag in the tags tab, click the \<else> tag icon, and click the save tag icon your table now looks like this employeeid lastname firstname title \<employees>\<employeeid> \<lastname> \<firstname> \<title = 'sales representative'>promotion\<else> \ if> \ foreach> step 2 enter the text to be displayed now that the formatting of the \<else> tag has been taken care of, you can enter the text you want displayed click the last cell immediately after the closing angle bracket for the \<else> tag and type the phrase "sorry, no raise" employeeid lastname firstname title \<employees>\<employeeid> \<lastname> \<firstname> \<title = 'sales representative'>promotion\<else>sorry, no raise \ if> \ foreach> step 3 run the report you don't need to close the \<else> tag, because the \<endif> tag acts as its closing tag save your blueprint using word's save command then, from the autotag run report group, click the desired report format icon in this example, we chose to view the report as a docx file, and this is the result you've learned how to create \<if> and \<else> tags