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title: Exclude blank queries from reports
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# Exclude blank queries from reports
**n/a keyword** is typically displayed as a **Keyword** [dimension](https://docs.coveo.com/en/258/) value in [reports](https://docs.coveo.com/en/266/) ([dashboards](https://docs.coveo.com/en/256/) and [explorers](https://docs.coveo.com/en/261/)) when a user accesses a Coveo-powered [search interface](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2741/).
**n/a keyword** is also displayed when an end user submits a blank [query](https://docs.coveo.com/en/231/) to your search interface.

![Keyword performance table showing keyword event counts | Coveo](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/coveo-analytics/n-a-keywords-example.png)

Depending on your context, you may want to avoid users obtaining result items when they first access your search interface (`interfaceLoad` events) (see [Prevent Queries Without Keywords](https://docs.coveo.com/en/389/)).

> **Important**
>
> If you already [disabled empty queries in your search interface](https://docs.coveo.com/en/389/) after it loads the first time and still have several **n/a keyword** occurrences in your reports, you may need to further investigate the situation as it might be the result of an implementation issue.

To keep these result items being displayed to your users, you can also exclude these empty queries from your reports.

To exclude n/a keyword from a report

.. On the [**Reports**](https://platform.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/usage/reports/) ([platform-ca](https://platform-ca.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/usage/reports/) | [platform-eu](https://platform-eu.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/usage/reports/) | [platform-au](https://platform-au.cloud.coveo.com/admin/#/orgid/usage/reports/)) page of the [Coveo Administration Console](https://docs.coveo.com/en/183/), click the report in which you want to exclude **n/a keyword** values from the **Keyword** dimension, and then click **Open** in the Action bar.

.. Click **Edit** in the upper-right corner.

> **Important**
>
> If you're not in Edit mode, your changes will be lost when you leave the report.

. Click icon:filter-add-2[alt=filter-add-2,width=16].

. ![Exclude N/A values filter option example | Coveo](coveo-analytics/exclusion-filter-for-n-a-keywords.png)

In the list of available **Dimensions**, do one of the following to select **User Query**.

** Click the **Search** link to quickly browse dimensions by search event type, and select the **User Query** dimension.

** Click **All**, and then use the **Search** box to find and select the **User Query** dimension.

. Below the **User Query** dimension you just selected, in the dropdown menu, select the **Is not** operator.

. Select the **Include blank values in filter** and **Include n/a values in filter** checkboxes.

. Click **Add Filter**

The filter now appears in the top bar and you should no longer see `n/a keyword` in the report cards.

![Filter condition showing User Query is not blank or n/a | Coveo](https://docs.coveo.com/en/assets/images/coveo-analytics/exclusion-filter-for-n-a-keywords-2.png)

## What's next?

To reuse the filter in other reports, [add it as a named filter](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1990#add-or-edit-a-named-filter).