From 915f00e21a984ba219618b98d91c48e5596809ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock@okfn.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 22:08:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [view/timeline,bugfix][xs]: timeline crashes if no entries so
 create placeholder entry for timeline if no entries from data.

---
 src/view-timeline.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/view-timeline.js b/src/view-timeline.js
index 9d98d371..c556a1e4 100644
--- a/src/view-timeline.js
+++ b/src/view-timeline.js
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ my.Timeline = Backbone.View.extend({
         out.timeline.date.push(tlEntry);
       }
     });
+    // if no entries create a placeholder entry to prevent Timeline crashing with error
+    if (out.timeline.date.length === 0) {
+      var tlEntry = {
+        "startDate": '2000,1,1',
+        "headline": 'No data to show!'
+      };
+      out.timeline.date.push(tlEntry);
+    }
     return out;
   },