My Data Are Gone

Troubleshooting > Problems with Data > My Data Are Gone

If all of your data have disappeared from all tables and graphs, then you may have deleted the collection. Use Edit | Undo to go back to before you deleted the collection. Because the collection is what holds your data, deleting it will delete the data itself. You rarely want to do this.

If you still have your collection, it might have a filter on it for which no cases pass. Select the collection and read the item for filtering in the Object menu. If it says Remove Filter rather than Add Filter, then you have a filter on the collection for which none of the cases are true. Either remove the filter or edit it (if you can’t see the filter, enlarge the collection by dragging its bottom corner: the filter appears below the box of gold balls).

Here, the user meant age is greater than or equal to 21 and less than or equal to 50. Because no case satisfies the current filter, all graphs and tables are blank.

See Write a Filter.