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HTML

<script src="https://npmcdn.com/[email protected]/dist/Chart.bundle.js"></script>
<canvas id="chart"></canvas>
<button id="addData">
Set data
</button>

JavaScript

Chart.plugins.register({
	afterDraw: function(chart) {
  	if (chart.data.datasets.length === 0) {
    	// No data is present
      var ctx = chart.chart.ctx;
      var width = chart.chart.width;
      var height = chart.chart.height
      chart.clear();
      
      ctx.save();
      ctx.textAlign = 'center';
      ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
      ctx.font = "16px normal 'Helvetica Nueue'";
      ctx.fillText('No data to display', width / 2, height / 2);
      ctx.restore();
    }
  }
});

var ctx = document.getElementById('chart').getContext('2d');
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
	type: 'line',
  data: {
  	labels: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr'],
    datasets: []
  }
});

document.getElementById('addData').addEventListener('click', function() {
	myChart.config.data.datasets.push({
  	label: 'Dataset',
    data: [10, 2, 30, 44],
    borderColor: 'rgb(255, 99, 132)',
    fill: false
  });
  myChart.update();
});