Pie chart.js - display a no data held message

Use this plugin I slightly modified which checks if each dataset item is zero:

<script>
    Chart.plugins.register({
        afterDraw: function(chart) {
            if (chart.data.datasets[0].data.every(item => item === 0)) {
                let ctx = chart.chart.ctx;
                let width = chart.chart.width;
                let height = chart.chart.height;

                chart.clear();
                ctx.save();
                ctx.textAlign = 'center';
                ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
                ctx.fillText('No data to display', width / 2, height / 2);
                ctx.restore();
            }
        }
    });
</script>

With this, if all dataset items are 0, it will display No data to display in place of the chart.

For React (react-chartjs-2)

Use this plugin

const plugins = [
  {
    afterDraw: function (chart) {
      console.log(chart);
      if (chart.data.datasets[0].data.length < 1) {
        let ctx = chart.ctx;
        let width = chart.width;
        let height = chart.height;
        ctx.textAlign = "center";
        ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
        ctx.font = "30px Arial";
        ctx.fillText("No data to display", width / 2, height / 2);
        ctx.restore();
      }
    },
  },
];

Use this plugin

<Line height={120} data={props.data} options={options} plugins={plugins} />
<Pie height={320} width={500} data={props.data} options={options} plugins={plugins} />

Here an example working with chart.js 2.8.0

<canvas id="pieChartExample01" width="25" height="25"></canvas>
<div id="no-data">Nothing to display</div>

...
options: {
  title: {
    display: false,
    text: 'Overall Activity'
  },
  animation: {
    onComplete: function(animation) {
      var firstSet = animation.chart.config.data.datasets[0].data,
        dataSum = firstSet.reduce((accumulator, currentValue) => accumulator + currentValue);

      if (typeof firstSet !== "object" || dataSum === 0) {
        document.getElementById('no-data').style.display = 'block';
        document.getElementById('pieChartExample01').style.display = 'none'
      }
    }
  }
}

Fiddle