In plain English
It is used to check whether nothing has been entered or stored in a value. The value may be present as something to compare, but it contains no content.
In context
As a blank-value filter operator, it means the comparison matches items whose chosen field or value has no content.
- Situation
- Using dashboards, tables, filters, sorting, views, and bulk controls
- What it communicates
- labels a blank-value filter operator
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not say why the content is absent or how missing content is represented.
Examples
“The comment field is empty, but the subject line contains two words.”
“The list was filtered to rows where the note is empty.”